The CRAZIEST Way To Catch Sheep!
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- The CRAZIEST Way To Catch Sheep!
Listen...we are here to show you that raising your animals can be satisfying and fulfilling...but often, it is an exercise...in so many different ways. We are not professionals and we are willing to share our successes and our struggles as we learn the finer points of taking care of our animals. The Kiwicrook ended up being an essential tool in catching our sheep. We will continue to get better and better with our tools and our animal husbandry.
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I spend a LOT of time with my sheep and they walk up to me - bringing them alfalfa and just hanging out to normalize myself to them was the best time I've ever spent. Catching them is super easy - except for babies who don’t know me yet lol. They let me get near but if I try to grab they run lol!
So loved watching yous lol keep laughing...in the end? It's all just part of a day. Beautiful lush pasture for them.
Paige family Homestead Our Journey back yes! Luckily I don’t have to do it to often!
lol this is exactly how sheep catching looks at our house! My husband used to be able to trick them with food pretty easily but they're getting smarter now. We''ll need to try the hook out!
The hook helped out actually. I need to refine my technique a little😂
Hello! just saw you watching roots and refuge and i figured it would be good to connect together! 🌿Cant wait to explore your channel.
That looked fun! You did great. If I had sheep it would just give me a reason to get a herding dog...
Gary Walker Farm Fam hey! Is it you or cass that wants tons of dogs?
Cassie wants another puppy... I only want one dog at a time because our dog stays home without being in a pen or on a chain... I’m afraid 2 dogs would travel.
Need a border collie Gary would say 😉
Walker Farm Fam oh man, sign us up...we should have some squeezes at least...more work🤷♂️
Lol! This is what it ends up looking like here too....as much as I try for it not to 😂
I should have spent time setting up a catch pen...but I didn’t think about that until I’ll 3 laps in 😂...at that point I was to stubborn with a “it’s me orbits you attitude”
At 5:43 the sheep has been caught, but just before it was far away.
Man I am so glad I found yall! I had questions about using a crook too! Thank you! Good luck on your channel I really love the content!
Obediah Jed great man! The crook worked my boy was videoing and took a break when we finally got it. It worked, but you obviously have to be in close proximity for it to work😂
Roping them is a lot quicker and easier especially if you get a extra soft rope I use a 30 ft kid rope so it’s easy on their feet/necks
I would love to learn to rope. fortunately we have gotten a lot better at figuring out how to catch them properly.
Delightful-thank you-you can’t have our Sheltie, but we’re thinking you might enjoy having one to help corral them thar sheep. I got my wife a shepherds crook as a dream present for her birthday this year.
WE have taken a hard look at sheep dogs on our farm. Really it depends on how "big we get into sheep really." if we decide to expand we will defiantly need one!
Nice video, I picked you up in the live earlier this morning. 👍👍
Ramsay Country thanks so much...we will take a look at your channel!
@@4KidsandaFarm in the end I think you won. Lol those crooks do work nice.
I used it this morning for one ignore rams and it worked like a charm.
That was so funny! I'm glad it was you guys and not me. That would be so frustrating. 😀
Getting It Done North Of 7 it was very frustrating 😅
LOL! ;) Seriously, animals "read" you and your behavior. If your behavior tells them to RUN...they will run, and usually they are more agile and faster! Sheep are a prey animal and they know it, YOU are a predator. The comment below about using a "pen" is a good one. In your situation, I would use my children to create a "pen" (restrict movement) so that I could catch the sheep! As the alpha male, you can direct/employ your pack to accomplish your goals ;) You could also feed/salt/water the sheep in a smaller catch area! IT NEVER PAYS TO GET MAD OR EXCITED WHEN WORKING ANIMALS. If you ever "run" after an animal, you had better catch it...fleeing is a prey animals only defense. They don't need practice or to LEARN that as a predator you are slower ;)
Geiger Farm yes, thank you. In our other paddocks we have areas where we can corner and trap the sheep...not this one...I put to much faith in the crook...when it should be the supplemental tool. Well, live and learn. I should have taken the time to set up a squeeze or something...ps my kids hate when I have to catch sheep...they hide!
@@4KidsandaFarm I have the same thing with my kids and working cattle!;) Showing up is not optional! My children all own cattle so that they have an incentive ;)
very interesting. Thanks!
Nothing like sheep entertainment
Powder river dorpers
There is a way to help. Build a round snare cage with welded wire herd them in. No corners. Smaller space
Thanks Clay for the advice. We are happy to say we have wised up a bit since this video. We are much better at it.
OOoh man, we laughed and laughed watching this last night, not only because the video is hilarious but we were literally doing the exact same thing the night before..
It is one of our least favorite chores! But, we have found that patients is the key, getting stressed out and frustrated does the same to the sheep.
Maybe if you get two crooks and duct tape them together....extend that reach. 😂 Good stuff guys. I’m the same way with our goats. Great exercise.
Yeah, I spooked them from the beginning and then they get in full flight mode...and then I get in full stubborn mode and then it just goes down hill from there!😂
I am so sorry but I had to laugh.....Thank you all for sharing
I am a shepherdess in my mid 60's with 200 sheep, no dog, that I move by myself. I have always taught my sheep to follow with a bucket of grain. You will collect quite a few that way. I then lock them up in a stall. Leave the barn door open and stay out of the way, while the others walk into the barn to see their buddies. Then I follow up behind and close the barn door. There will always be a few flighty ones that just won't come in the barn, but those I can get into the barnyard and they don't even know that they are caught. Once you start moving quickly, and chasing sheep, you need to stop, go have a drink, and try again later. I tend to put the real flighty ones on the truck. I don't want to breed that temperament into my sheep.
Joan Hale thank you so much for this helpful comment...this is defiantly not the way I usually do it...we have catch pens in the other paddocks that we can corner them in and catch them that way...I, erroneously, thought that the crook would let me just snag one and then be done...obviously I was supper wrong. We plan to do better bucket training and preferences the casual way rather than the linebacker way😂...thanks again for your kind instructions...we realize that people can eviscerate us for our “technique”...we defiantly aren’t pros...so one thing we want to do is show our progress and our downfalls. One day I would love to have a video on a perfect coordinated sheep capture...and we are working towards that.
What I did yesterday was attract most of them with a bucket then I got close enough to grab their wool and straddle them while grabbing their ears and walking them to where I want. Sometimes they will get excited about their molasses so that can help lure them in. Try hand feeding for a bit to get them comfy with you.
we have gotten much better at taking care of the sheep. A lot less chasing now a days lol.
I know the struggle. I helped herd sheep last summer for a few days while visiting my relatives. Boy, it's hard work. You have to think like a sheep.
yes, getting frustrated does not help at all. Thanks for comment. hopefully your experience with the sheep ended up being a good one.
Take three of those galvanized gates and make a pen in the corner of the field. Two on one wall, the third as a gate. The idea is to move them into progressively smaller pens until you can reach from side to side with the crook or a calf rope. Having several sheep/goats in the pen helps. They get in each others way and hopefully don't run into the fence headfirst. Go slow and easy. Sheep are calm if you can get them hemmed up in a small pen. I prefer the calf rope. It's smaller and more supple than a cow lariat. A couple of wraps around a forearm or the waist and then it's a matter of brute force to drag them where you want them. Have your sons carry lambs around their neck and shoulders and they will be ready for football by the time the lamb is 40 pounds. A couple of feet of leather strap to hog tie the grown sheep and a two wheeled cart from Tractor Supply makes it easier to drag sheep from one pasture to another. Tie/bolt a couple of cedar stays down the sides of the cart to the handles and it can even be used as a rickshaw so one or three of the boys can drag it along similar to an oxen.
Thank you for them phenomenal run down...we often watch shows where they have scute and pens...and we would love that kind of infrastructure. We have gotten a bit better at handling the sheep since we made this video...but we can always improve.
That IS a good laugh I have 2 pet Nigerian Dwarf goats (or Nigies.) They beat me out the gate at times so I love my kiwi crook! But they are much easier to handle in my back yard. They do most of what they are asked except come in once outside the gate. Watch the sheep dogs they don't chase they circle. I don't know about Sheep but goats can see for like 320 degrees. Hard to sneak up on.
It's easy to say you need a sheep dog and if you grow you herd you may but they take a LOT of work so really research them1st. Good luck thanks for sharing!
Leslie Mandic thank you so much. We are working on bucket training and building catch pens. Our small flock can probably be maintained that way...for now. Thanks for your feedback and we truly appreciate you!
Have you ever thought of using some potable panels to make a "catch pen" so you can get closer. Rachel, I hope you two got a nice cold electrolyte drink after that. Aaron you are amazing.
We have and we will...the catching is too exhausting!
Limber up 🤣
stretch!
Yup! Looks like y’all need a border collie! Best herding dogs in the world!
I’m sure my kids would love me to say we’re getting another dog!
Pig boards
Yeah, we should get a few of those.
Best way of catching sheep, get FINNS!! LOL. Painted deserts are nice too I guess 😁🤣 i was going to comment bucket training and catch pens are your friends but I read the comments so not necessary. Love my sheep! Keep up the good work. Lambs are an amazing reward for good shepherding.
Alycia Adamo thanks so much! Did some bucket training...they know it but it hasn’t been part of the routine lately...yes, this is not a normal day of sheep raising...I hope you liked the video though...my wife can’t stop laughing at me...she loves this video!
WOW! Those are some flighty sheep. You work too hard. Great effort.
They are...and looking back I have gotten a bit better with catching them...or rather getting them in a catchable position.
This bitch has a small holding I live on farm with about 2000 sheep and have to the same thing no one respects us tho people just like the farms with no animals
What if you make your paddocks much smaller and move them more often? Or a Sheep dog.
Yes you’re right Sandy if we had put them in a smaller area would’ve been a lot easier. I thought erroneously that it was going to be an easy catch.
Love your videos! But what you need to help you herd sheep is a collie! Not a border collie but a rough collie or a smooth collie if you don't want coat upkeep. Not only are they wonderful herders but they are fabulous family dogs, great with kids and have a wonderful temperament. We started with shelties and now have rough Collies. Love the breed.
Dawn Rasor thanks so much! We will definitely look into it!
How easy do they train? Do you train them yourselves?
@@4KidsandaFarm my breeder starts her puppies litter training at 2 weeks so when he came home at 8 weeks he was virtually house broken. There is training required to correctly herd sheep but they have the instinct from day one. Good luck!
much easier to lead them where you want them to go with a bucket of feed than to drive them or catch them in the open
My sheep aren't interested in buckets of feed. Makes it hard
Can't believe Seth rogan is farming these days..
Oh my! Bucket train them and build a catch pen then use the kiwi crook. Also, clipping hooves are easier on their buttons sit behind them on a bucket . Makes all 4 feet easily accessible. Good luck! This is definitely not my favorite part of sheep. Lambing season is!
Sarah, thanks so much...this is definitely a learn as we go experience 😊 we have appreciated all the input...it really helpful!
Agree Sara….. get them to come to a bucket…..set a sheep on her bum for doing her feet, she’ll sit no problem then. As for catching feed in a small pen. You could learn to ‘bark ‘ .. a little. Good luck.
The part where you caught the sheep is missing.
you are right...the kids stopped videoing! lol.
Giving them a little bread now and then wile calling them makes them come right up to you. I watch a channel called Farmer P and he keeps sheep seams as the best way to catch them is to box them in.
Great idea!...we are working on some catch pens for them so they are easier to catch! Thanks!
I have to chaseloose pigs sometimes! Fun to watch...not fun to do. Ha!
Copperhead Road Homestead no joke...I could and should have been more prepared. I thought the crook would be magic or something! 😂
You need two border collies, sheep nuts, movable funnel and helpers.
Agree...all of the above 😂
He seems like a great guy, but I can't watch! They need a catching area; even just a solid corner! We used to do this too, but not anymore! That crook looks wonderful though!
Diana Neuman thanks! This is the only paddock we don’t have a catch pen...this is not our usual...😂
Shepherd crook is the one
It's hard for me to call someone a sheep online after watching this now.
Right, some terms like “a lamb to the slaughter” are deceiving 😂
I just shake the corn bag and they some running. Hmmmm
Y'all need a Border Collie :-)
Rachel Ritland my only question about that is how hard are they to train for sheep and if it would be worth it for our small flock...We have thought about it though...especially during the times we have to do things like this😂
@@4KidsandaFarm I have a small flock as well, though the herding dogs came first, but my dogs are indispensable for every chore I need to do (and WAY less stressful than working sheep with my husband!!). There are different avenues you could take- buy a trained dog, buy a started dog, a puppy and learn together, etc. There are a lot of great resources around the internet as well as in California (not sure where exactly you're located) if you're ever interested in learning!
pen them in with the premier one fence or something to make smaller and smaller enclosures until they cant get away. chasing sheep around a pasture is a waste of time. you've got to corner them and pen them.
Glendon Morgan yes we will next time. I think I had to much faith in the crook...
@@4KidsandaFarm just beware that cornered sheep jump really high sometimes. that was an interesting day. it jumped the boundary fence into the neighbors field.
It really should be calmer than this.. that being said I'm tossing a big fat sub your way!
Indubitably it should be calmer. We are proud to say we are a bit better at it now 😂…it still kind of stresses me out though 😂
@@4KidsandaFarm are you getting them bucket trained as you'd mentioned?
We found you on Farmish Kind of Life, we just subscribed to your channel. Feel free to come check us out and subscribe if you like! We started last year with chickens and two Nigeria Dwarf goats. We plan to keep going and have more animals as we are loving just about every minute of this journey!
That’s awesome! And we love garnish kind of life. We would love to take that opportunity and come check out your channel. Thanks for being. Part of ours!
Just learn to rope!!!!!!!!
Yes! Since this video we have learned a lot better what we should do. But that would be a great skill!
if you'll feed them and rub on them regularly, even when you aren't trying to catch them it will make your life much easier when you try to catch them! but thanks for the entertainment! lol
Thanks for the tip! We have come a long way since this video, but it is fun to look back on it...it keeps me humble...lol!