Dan! It’s so good to see you again! You’re so talented. I can’t imagine what you’ve gone through. It’s wonderful to see you nurturing your interests and talents. Looking forward to whatever content you have time to share. 💗
Glad you and Tess are back with useful videos. Keep on moving forward and life is more and more betterer every single day. Especially when you get back to the natural way of interacting and learning about the living creatures you live with. And how they improve our quality of life . After 30 years of law enforcement interacting with humans I am now more aware of how much the other living creatures are beneficial to our lives and the pleasures on so many levels that they bring to us.
Dan! Glad your back. Before we bought sheep we narrowed it down to two breeds dorpers and painted desert sheep...we eventually went with painted desert sheep because they are more pest resistant just like st croix...smaller carcass size...but we wanted something we didn’t have to worm frequently.
Dan, you are back in the mix!!! Yes!! Anyway, I remember, it must be two years now, when I first started looking for homesteading videos and yours was the first that really inspired me and just clicked. The upbeat, positive vibes and the quality of your videos really stuck to me. Then when I realized you were in northern Idaho I really flipped because that's where we want to go (based on climate). Back than I knew nothing about sheep and learned a lot from you and Tess (as she was in several of your videos). Now I sit back and watch/listen and actually have a mental, running commentary, as I have learned so much since those days. But, have either of you had any experience with American Blackbelly sheep and the quality of their meat? Or even the Soay sheep? (I think there is a breeder in Stevens county, WA or Pend Oreille County...those sheep are really interesting but I know the blackbelly can be a bit rambunctious.
I don't have any experience with them and I don't recall Tess ever mentioning them. I've had other people ask me about Soay sheep but I haven't had the pleasure of meeting one
I loved this video Tess (and Dan!), your Dorper ram is very handsome! Thanks for all the advice! I just started with a trio of registered Dorpers and the two ewes are due any day now. I'm posting a video for the lambs and lambing when it happens. Katahins have always caught my eye. Maybe I'll bring a couple katahin ewes onto the farm in a few years and play around with crosses.
👈meet my new 2 week old dorper. A wee girl. Just had a wee boy thisarvo looks just the same. They're my first home bred. My advice to you. Do it. Its fantastic 😍
This was really good...We are using a White Dorper ram on Suffolk cross Katadin ewes. The Katadin influence is so super maternal. the White Dorper has given us thick fast growing lambs. they are really easy to fatten on grass.
Awe, I've missed Tess! Fresia is in the northern Netherlands. They have their own language and don't call them Dutch (though it is a province in the country at this point). One of my Dutch professors was actually Fresian.
Dan and Tess i would love to own a couple white sheep here in mississippi because they are great therapy, plus they keep the grass mowed.... lol but really they are friendly and seem like not a big hassle, but what wormer would you guys recommend? And what kind of breed of white sheep would ya'll recommend to start off with? 🤔
@@TheGrassfedHomestead ok then and if so are dorper sheep not too hard to handle like the katahdin? Cause they seem good but i will indeed go with your choice! 😉
Very nice explanation about the dorper sheep.
Oh how I love listening to Tess and her knowledge, thank you Dan! :)
You're welcome!
Dan! It’s so good to see you again! You’re so talented. I can’t imagine what you’ve gone through. It’s wonderful to see you nurturing your interests and talents. Looking forward to whatever content you have time to share. 💗
:) Thank you, Julie
Am a kenyan who loves Sheep rearing . Your video made me love sheep keeping even more. Nice video
Glad you and Tess are back with useful videos. Keep on moving forward and life is more and more betterer every single day. Especially when you get back to the natural way of interacting and learning about the living creatures you live with. And how they improve our quality of life . After 30 years of law enforcement interacting with humans I am now more aware of how much the other living creatures are beneficial to our lives and the pleasures on so many levels that they bring to us.
Dan! Glad your back. Before we bought sheep we narrowed it down to two breeds dorpers and painted desert sheep...we eventually went with painted desert sheep because they are more pest resistant just like st croix...smaller carcass size...but we wanted something we didn’t have to worm frequently.
Tess needs to do more videos! Love when she’s on.
Excellent! I’m enjoying learning about sheep hope to put this into practice one day.
Dan, you are back in the mix!!! Yes!!
Anyway, I remember, it must be two years now, when I first started looking for homesteading videos and yours was the first that really inspired me and just clicked. The upbeat, positive vibes and the quality of your videos really stuck to me. Then when I realized you were in northern Idaho I really flipped because that's where we want to go (based on climate). Back than I knew nothing about sheep and learned a lot from you and Tess (as she was in several of your videos). Now I sit back and watch/listen and actually have a mental, running commentary, as I have learned so much since those days.
But, have either of you had any experience with American Blackbelly sheep and the quality of their meat? Or even the Soay sheep? (I think there is a breeder in Stevens county, WA or Pend Oreille County...those sheep are really interesting but I know the blackbelly can be a bit rambunctious.
I don't have any experience with them and I don't recall Tess ever mentioning them. I've had other people ask me about Soay sheep but I haven't had the pleasure of meeting one
I loved this video Tess (and Dan!), your Dorper ram is very handsome! Thanks for all the advice! I just started with a trio of registered Dorpers and the two ewes are due any day now. I'm posting a video for the lambs and lambing when it happens.
Katahins have always caught my eye. Maybe I'll bring a couple katahin ewes onto the farm in a few years and play around with crosses.
I so desperately want to have some Dorper sheep one day. I love them. ❤️
👈meet my new 2 week old dorper. A wee girl. Just had a wee boy thisarvo looks just the same. They're my first home bred. My advice to you. Do it. Its fantastic 😍
I am looking at the Dorper right now to add to our sheep farm. We recently acquired Katadhin Hair Sheep. I am excited to find the Dorper.
This was really good...We are using a White Dorper ram on Suffolk cross Katadin ewes. The Katadin influence is so super maternal. the White Dorper has given us thick fast growing lambs. they are really easy to fatten on grass.
Awe, I've missed Tess! Fresia is in the northern Netherlands. They have their own language and don't call them Dutch (though it is a province in the country at this point). One of my Dutch professors was actually Fresian.
Pretty neat! I didn't realize they were a separate culture
Where can I contact her farm in order to inquire about purchasing sheep?
Yes, I'd like to know as well.
email me dan at grassfedhomestead dot com and I will put you in touch
email me dan at grassfedhomestead dot com and I will put you in touch
I’m curious how she manages multiple rams when they are not in with the girls. Are the rams together or in separate spaces?
together
Dan and Tess i would love to own a couple white sheep here in mississippi because they are great therapy, plus they keep the grass mowed.... lol but really they are friendly and seem like not a big hassle, but what wormer would you guys recommend? And what kind of breed of white sheep would ya'll recommend to start off with? 🤔
katahdin sheep - garlic/molasses wormer
@@TheGrassfedHomestead ok then and if so are dorper sheep not too hard to handle like the katahdin? Cause they seem good but i will indeed go with your choice! 😉
@@peeweerivers dorper sheep are great, too
@@TheGrassfedHomestead Hopefully we'll be able to come across a couple within the year can't wait for things to improve! 🙏
Thanks for sharing.
Good footage.
What’s the disadvantages of purebred dorper?
less parasite resistant
By the way, how's Blue and Willow? Missed them.
They are doing alright! Thanks for asking
You're baaaaack! 🥰💯💯💯💯
:)
Wondering how it would be to mix my Churros with a Dorper
I’d like to buy from Tes
Should rotate them to allow grass to rest.
❤️