Thanks for the Shout Out Sandi and for being part of the study. This is a farmer run study measuring colostrum quality with a refractometer and tracking the health of the lambs. We have 11 farms enrolled (10 in Ontario and 1 in Alberta). Two of the farms are also linked into another study where the colostrum is collected, shipped to Guelph to be analysed for antibody levels to validate the refractometer readings.
Even though am in the states would love to hear more about this. Will talk to our local State University and see if the guys there are working with something like this.
@@scakya1 I don't want to take over Sandi's comment feed. It is all about getting management tools that farmers can use to improve their livestock health. I have already made links with research groups in Ireland and Spain so I would be pleased to connect with your state university. I am trying to figure out a way to ship you my email privately. Sandi you are better at that sort of thing.
Yes, and this is something I should be doing also... My barn is my limitation for that as if I only have 10-20 singles, the pen is under-utilized and if the other groups I may have too many to fit in the pens... But maybe something to look at when my numbers are a bit more equal for sure! Great point!
almost 30k subscribers... I just found your channel 2 days ago maybe... Now, I am on video marathon to watch all your video... I love it... Even though I don’t know anything about farming... I just love it.. To go through all the process... It is amazing... Thank you so much for everything..
That really lamb colostrum tool is awesome. You are so great at this. Much respect to you and your family for doing all you guys do for the farming industry.
Yes Sandi. Like you have gained over 20k subs since the begining of 2019 . You are becoming huge and also this was a great video. Also congratulations on making you first video to go over 200k views!!!
It's 2024 and this video came up on my algorithm. So nice to see lambing with out the YT mandated smudging. I've been watching for about a year an a half (and went back three years and binged through those earlier days). Thoroughly enjoy watching you do what you do! And your production values are excellent! Even five years ago! Cheers! Jon.
Girl I enjoy your vids so much. Doesn't matter how many births I am at it never gets old. I can't believe you don't turn your sheep out. It amazes me. You do an awesome job. I love your dogs. They are great. You are a true fixer. The things we have to come up with to help our (children) survive the best way we know how.God bless ❤️🐑❤️🐾🐾❤️
I was a serious fan of all creatures great and small when it came out in the early 80s in the USA. I find the current Farm Life videos to be ever more intriguing and special thank you
Omg sandi what an amazing video.. I wished u had your own series.. such inspiration and super women.. keep up the great work.. I just absolutely love your channel..
I like your splints. Thanks for sharing. You could try "kerlix" type of rolled guaze underneath for a little more padding? However, if vet wrap is working for you then no need to change
Ive binge watched a bunch of your videos! We are thinking of getting sheep in the next couple of years on a homestead scale... thanks so much for being so honest about your struggles and wins! In my muggle job im a project manager and total data nerd. Love how much data your Gallagher can give you! Keep up the amazing content! BTW im in North Dakota... our winters totally suck and last forever, I feel ya girl
Funny, i also like the evening putting the ewe's & lambs to bed. It's very calming. I did notice in the video at the time you mentioned "quiet time" the birds weren't chirpping so much... they are LOUD...almost drowning you out..but hey, whudda you gonna do...keep up the good work.
Hi from Australia 👋New subscriber and binge watching from Vlog 1😍 Hoping to learn all about sheep as I am just getting my property fenced so I can have a few 🐑🐑🐑.
Hi Sandi, I'm curious what are you hoping to learn from testing the ewe's colostrum? to learn any patterns or just to see if those babies might need supplementing? That little lamb looked so much better on it's feet after you worked your magic! :)
You may want to see check your ration for calcium levels. Drought can really reduce calcium in forages(Alfalfa and like). Have run into this myself and it can be bad.
The angular limb deformity in that lambs front legs is similar to the limb deformity you find in som race horse foals and them we treat with temporary splints and restricted room to run around in it works well and doesn’t seem to cause any problems later in life
Hi Sandi.. thank you for showing the colostrum meter! Have you checked your milk powder with this tester as well? What would be the grade of it? And what will you do if the grade of ewe milk is low? Change feeding or putting new born on milk machine? If you are mating ewe lambs with a meat breed Suffolk, I would suggest using Dorper. Dorper borns smaller so easier for ewe lamb, Dorper gets bigger quicker..
I actually filmed myself testing the colostrum, but for the sake of time on this video I took it out... The powdered colostrum tested quite low actually! So I want to contact them to see if its a matter of feeding more? Great question!
We used to have goats. (they all got killed) I would like to get some more. We had one born with a messed up foot. I splint his leg with a short piece of pvc I think. It worked pretty good. Watching your videos makes me want to get this fence finished so I can hurry up and get more goats.
He did really good. The first time I took it off the leg still wouldn't straighten on its own. So i put it back on for a while. When we took it off the second time he could walk good.
I wonder what ram is producing the all black babies and all the babies are so cute though aww this why I cant be a farmer bc I would want to keep all of them
Love your videos and so does my daughter, as a fellow Canadian Few short hours away from you actually. Just have two questions my daughter asked why they never get to go outside or can they go outside in a field or something. and can I just stop by and hangout with the little babies all day. Just a bunch of cuteness for sure ❤️💕
Sandi Brock oh okay makes sense I’ll let my daughter know. I wasn’t sure myself but we both love your videos. Keep up the good work and very educating too ❤️💕 ps Happy early Canada day ! 🇨🇦
I was wondering if lambs can gets contracted tendons like horses, I never saw a lamb knuckled over in your videos. I love your homemade splint! :) wish we could do that with foals. >.< can you keep us updated on how that one develops along with the lamb with the high break? Thanks for taking the time out of your crazy schedule to take us along!!!!
The little black one, I took the cast off a couple days ago, and the break feels like its healed! She still is timid to put weight on that leg though... Keeping a close eye on her...
I’m not a farmer but I’m so fascinated with farm lifestyle. I love sheep’s goats cows and chickens... sorry for my questions but knowing all the work you have, how do you manage your vacations? Free time? Are you dedicated the whole day to the farm?
Great question! The big reason I schedule my lambing, and management tasks, are so we can sneak in some downtime... It gets challenging when we fight the weather, as we grain farm also. I would say each day requires a half day's work unless I have management jobs in the barn, or lambing... then its an all day thing. I try to fit everything in during the weekdays, so weekends only require feeding and bedding.
Oh that baby is sooo cute❗ will mom still love it with her baby having 2 blue legs?? I tried that stuff on part of my leg & it felt good at first but then it felt too tight and the circulation was compromise.
I did not know that sheep had longer tails and that they're bobbed! o.o I'm so city I didn't even know cows were furry till I saw one up close at a county fair when I moved to a smaller town. lol
Hi again just watching rest of video and I don’t want any bad comments or anything but I would say leave them in a pen with there mothers they will stat to walk fine .
Is it hard for you to just watch when a ewe is pushing. Maybe not struggling but kind of? Haha! I'm such a type A, hands on idk if i could just watch. But she did it! lol Why don't you run your jugs on one side against the mangers? You could still run a fence across to keep the lambs/ewes separate from the ewes yet to lamb. Seems like it would be so much easier for you, then you could leave 4-6 up all the time and not have to take them down and put them up.
great suggestion... I like having them on both sides for when I'm moving them into the jugs... Its narrower and acts like a funnel. As for just running them along the manger, I can't put up too many as it cuts into feeder space for the group left to lamb...
I find it interesting that they are lambing in a barn and not in open paddocks. I’m from Western Australia and not a farmer but our sheep station/farms birth outdoors. Is it due to the cold that you do it this way. I’m a midwife/nurse and find birth beautiful, loved seeing them in labour. Would love to use your little colostrum machine to test human colostrum. Two years ago I found “lamb chop” on the side of the road, only a few hours old, appears to have fallen out of a sheep transport truck. She survived 2 weeks, lots of visits to a vet. Cost me a small fortune, to try to save her but sadly she passed away in my bed one night. I made her a little bed on top of my bed with a heat pad. The vet thinks she didn’t get any colostrum. I had her cremated and her photo/urn sits on my sideboard .
Can you tell us a little about why you have so many bottle babies? What are the conditions and situations when you need to pull them from the ewe? Triplets? A ewe lamb with twins? etc?
Great question... I usually pull anything over a twin off mom so she only has to service two lambs... this lambing group, I left a few ewes with triplets to see how they do. The other bottle babies are ones that got abandoned, or lost their mom.
Do you give ewes that have stillborn lambs a bottle baby to raise? I find it helps especially ewe lambs to realized that after they deliver there is something to look after rather than just walk away from.
I think she’s mentioned before that fall - possibly around October - is the normal breeding season. I feel as you do that it’s a bit of a hard cull and that I would want to try them in fall before culling in case the particular ewe is not an out-of-season breeder. However it isn’t my operation (not that I have one) and I am therefore not the one having to juggle all the space, feed, and financial variables and make the decisions to make a sheep operation successful. I am continuously amazed by Sandi and all she does to keep her operation running so smoothly.
Hey Christopher! So I would agree January is still legit for a good breeding. In fact, that group scanned 96% bred. April gets a bit more challenging as its getting into longer days. But I still had a 70% scan.. not horrible. So when the other ewes successfully breed, and these ones miss twice, I mark them as a cull.
@@SandiBrock Hey thanks for a response, I just wonder on reflectionif a ewe that doesn't fit in an off season breeding rotation would do better in a different cycle group. This wonderfully detailed chronology of your operation provokes a lot of consideration. Have a great day!
Thanks for the Shout Out Sandi and for being part of the study. This is a farmer run study measuring colostrum quality with a refractometer and tracking the health of the lambs. We have 11 farms enrolled (10 in Ontario and 1 in Alberta). Two of the farms are also linked into another study where the colostrum is collected, shipped to Guelph to be analysed for antibody levels to validate the refractometer readings.
Thanks so much Laurie! Love using this thing!
Even though am in the states would love to hear more about this. Will talk to our local State University and see if the guys there are working with something like this.
@@scakya1 I don't want to take over Sandi's comment feed. It is all about getting management tools that farmers can use to improve their livestock health. I have already made links with research groups in Ireland and Spain so I would be pleased to connect with your state university. I am trying to figure out a way to ship you my email privately. Sandi you are better at that sort of thing.
@@lauriemaus5300 agree, Sandi is awesome. Here's my email. scakya@gmail.com, I'll delete it after you get it.
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Ive been watching your videos for 3 hrs and I'm pretty sure my neighbors think I have sheep now
You have the patience of a saint! Watching you work with these lambs is so addicting. They are blessed to have you.
In Ireland we divide the ewes by the number of lambs they scan for to avoid overfeeding and birthing issues and pregnancy toxemia
Yes, and this is something I should be doing also... My barn is my limitation for that as if I only have 10-20 singles, the pen is under-utilized and if the other groups I may have too many to fit in the pens... But maybe something to look at when my numbers are a bit more equal for sure! Great point!
almost 30k subscribers... I just found your channel 2 days ago maybe... Now, I am on video marathon to watch all your video... I love it... Even though I don’t know anything about farming... I just love it.. To go through all the process... It is amazing... Thank you so much for everything..
Oh I'm so glad you found it!!
Ooooooh my goooooosh that lamb with her little blue boots!!! So stinkin cute!!
That really lamb colostrum tool is awesome. You are so great at this. Much respect to you and your family for doing all you guys do for the farming industry.
Yes Sandi. Like you have gained over 20k subs since the begining of 2019 . You are becoming huge and also this was a great video. Also congratulations on making you first video to go over 200k views!!!
Thanks Myles!!
It's 2024 and this video came up on my algorithm. So nice to see lambing with out the YT mandated smudging. I've been watching for about a year an a half (and went back three years and binged through those earlier days). Thoroughly enjoy watching you do what you do! And your production values are excellent! Even five years ago! Cheers! Jon.
Your lambs do look a lot bigger. Thanks for sharing.
All these lambs are absolutely gorgeous but i just love the black/ black & white ones, Sandi you are one awesome lady ❤
I found your channel 2 days ago and I love it it's very very good channel and it is full of good information
Girl I enjoy your vids so much. Doesn't matter how many births I am at it never gets old. I can't believe you don't turn your sheep out. It amazes me. You do an awesome job. I love your dogs. They are great. You are a true fixer. The things we have to come up with to help our (children) survive the best way we know how.God bless ❤️🐑❤️🐾🐾❤️
thank you!
I have tons of respect for what you all do, this channel is awesome!
Thank you!
Sandi Brock your sheep are good girls cute sheep nice video do you want to watch mine
I really like everything to do with lambing, pretty, fascinating stuff learning much that I never knew before, thanks for sharing your adventures
Thanks Tony!
I was a serious fan of all creatures great and small when it came out in the early 80s in the USA.
I find the current Farm Life videos to be ever more intriguing and special thank you
Thanks Miriam!
I’m glad you got your crops in ground. I wish I live closer so I could volunteer during lambing. That’s right up my ally!
thanks Kim!
Just absolutely love watching these babies being born and you make it look so easy😀
thanks!!
Thank you for sharing. Farming is such hard work with lots of highs and lows. You are a super hard worker.
Thanks so much!
I just love your channel!! It is so unique and I am learning so much. Thank you for sharing your journey on your sheep ranch.
Thanks Denise!
Your sheep are in great condition, they have a real bloom unlike our drought ridden merinos here in Australia.
wondering if some of them are getting a bit too conditioned... but thanks!!
I love the little black babies so cute
same!!!
Yes the sheep are good girls cute sheep
I find it fun, my phone interprets the birds as applause. So I thought I would share to let you know the heavens are happy with your efforts. 👏👏👏👏
OmG... that LiL lami that you fixed her two front legs... she is adorable.
@10:06 that little lip curl it did was soooooo cuteeee
the best!
The lamb with the feet issue is so adorable!
So cute. and a real pet now!
Omg sandi what an amazing video.. I wished u had your own series.. such inspiration and super women.. keep up the great work.. I just absolutely love your channel..
Too kind... thanks again Rachel!
I wanted to see the lamb's feet fixed. And in this video there's this. Thanks, Sandi.
I've been documenting as I go, so there will be another update on the next vlog!
New subscriber and I’m absolutely hooked. I’ve binge watched your videos for 3 days straight now. I’m telling everyone I know to subscribe.
So awesome! Thanks Michael!
Love the black and white lamb with the white tail.....soooo cute
I like your splints. Thanks for sharing. You could try "kerlix" type of rolled guaze underneath for a little more padding? However, if vet wrap is working for you then no need to change
I feel she done a fantastic job!!
I also agree with you.
Thanks!
Thanks Debbie!
Oh my gosh, the little lamb that you wrapped her legs has the cutest face!
Your dog is acc the cutest and most loyal helper
My heart would break every time I lost one. The bottle lambs are so cute.
love Love LOVE YOU and your videos Been watching for a while. Your AMAZING With a HUGE PLATE GREAT JOB YOUR DOING... I learn something every video
Thank you so so much Ken!!!
Ive binge watched a bunch of your videos! We are thinking of getting sheep in the next couple of years on a homestead scale... thanks so much for being so honest about your struggles and wins! In my muggle job im a project manager and total data nerd. Love how much data your Gallagher can give you! Keep up the amazing content! BTW im in North Dakota... our winters totally suck and last forever, I feel ya girl
Thanks Diana!!! I love the data, but hate sitting down to go through it all! Wish I could be better at that!
@@SandiBrock pivot tables are your friend!!
I love watching all the babys!!!! 🐑
Please keep showing the black baby with the blaze, it’s interesting to see them develop... also helps that it’s adorable
Will do!
The black one with the white face and white tail is so cute
I LOVE your videos Sandi! Keep up the good work!❤️
Thanks so much Bridget!
Funny, i also like the evening putting the ewe's & lambs to bed. It's very calming. I did notice in the video at the time you mentioned "quiet time" the birds weren't chirpping so much... they are LOUD...almost drowning you out..but hey, whudda you gonna do...keep up the good work.
So right! The birds are so loud!
Omg! Your baby lambs are so cute! I love your videos!
This channel has grown so much since I first found u! congrats on all the hard work !
It has! Unreal!
Awww, the broken leg baby looks so good! Yay!
That little curled under feet lamb has a smiling face💕
Hi from Australia 👋New subscriber and binge watching from Vlog 1😍 Hoping to learn all about sheep as I am just getting my property fenced so I can have a few 🐑🐑🐑.
Hey Sue!! I hope they help!!
Sue S I have pet sheep
Hi Sandi, I'm curious what are you hoping to learn from testing the ewe's colostrum? to learn any patterns or just to see if those babies might need supplementing?
That little lamb looked so much better on it's feet after you worked your magic! :)
From what I’ve seen in previous videos I’m pretty sure she does it to see if the lambs need supplementing.
Hey Leah! This is new for me... If you look at the pinned comment at the top you'll see Laurie Maus's reasoning for the study!
I like your farm. CONGRATULATIONS!! Greetings from Spain.
Hi Sandi have a great long weekend and happy canad day😁
Thanks Tony!!
You may want to see check your ration for calcium levels. Drought can really reduce calcium in forages(Alfalfa and like). Have run into this myself and it can be bad.
This was a big issue this year... Been making lots of adjustments...
Hermoso video, ver caminar al corderito me arrancó una lágrima. Emocionante!
that was cool fixing the lamb's legs, Russ in Montana
Thanks Russ! I hope it works! I've used this method over the last year with success..
One day I want this! Your amazing!
I've been waiting for this video all morning!
Oh my goodness that sweet knuckled over baby 🥰
The angular limb deformity in that lambs front legs is similar to the limb deformity you find in som race horse foals and them we treat with temporary splints and restricted room to run around in it works well and doesn’t seem to cause any problems later in life
Just found your channel and loving it! You are inspiring
thanks!!
yay always making may days better
Hi Sandi.. thank you for showing the colostrum meter! Have you checked your milk powder with this tester as well? What would be the grade of it? And what will you do if the grade of ewe milk is low? Change feeding or putting new born on milk machine?
If you are mating ewe lambs with a meat breed Suffolk, I would suggest using Dorper. Dorper borns smaller so easier for ewe lamb, Dorper gets bigger quicker..
Erik where are you located at.yes I agree about the dorper.
Hi Debbie.. i live in Australia..
I actually filmed myself testing the colostrum, but for the sake of time on this video I took it out... The powdered colostrum tested quite low actually! So I want to contact them to see if its a matter of feeding more? Great question!
We used to have goats. (they all got killed) I would like to get some more. We had one born with a messed up foot. I splint his leg with a short piece of pvc I think. It worked pretty good. Watching your videos makes me want to get this fence finished so I can hurry up and get more goats.
Lacy Shelley that’s awful, but hope it works out for you!!
He did really good. The first time I took it off the leg still wouldn't straighten on its own. So i put it back on for a while. When we took it off the second time he could walk good.
THey work so well!
I wonder what ram is producing the all black babies and all the babies are so cute though aww this why I cant be a farmer bc I would want to keep all of them
Same a few pop in there for sure ...
LOL. I actually have a black and white Rideau ram that this was his first breeding group... He looks exactly like my little black and white lamb!
Love your videos and so does my daughter, as a fellow Canadian Few short hours away from you actually. Just have two questions my daughter asked why they never get to go outside or can they go outside in a field or something. and can I just stop by and hangout with the little babies all day. Just a bunch of cuteness for sure ❤️💕
Thanks Amanda! They stay inside as we have a heavy population of coyotes right behind the barn...
Sandi Brock oh okay makes sense I’ll let my daughter know. I wasn’t sure myself but we both love your videos. Keep up the good work and very educating too ❤️💕 ps Happy early Canada day ! 🇨🇦
New subscriber from Lucknow Ontario Canada
Oh hey Rob! Thanks for watching!
I love how you try and fix the baby’s injuries after birth instead of letting them grow up with the injuries
I try! and if I do it when they are young, they heal so much faster!
I was wondering if lambs can gets contracted tendons like horses, I never saw a lamb knuckled over in your videos. I love your homemade splint! :) wish we could do that with foals. >.< can you keep us updated on how that one develops along with the lamb with the high break? Thanks for taking the time out of your crazy schedule to take us along!!!!
The little black one, I took the cast off a couple days ago, and the break feels like its healed! She still is timid to put weight on that leg though... Keeping a close eye on her...
Thank you for making a amazing video 🙂
YOu have a number of very pretty black and white lambs, and also some sort of tweedy ones.
You rock girl...!
great videos keep them coming do one off the bottle babies
I want to volunteer here so bad! 🤧🤧🤧😩😩😩 They're so cute!
You are just amazing!! Ewesome job 🤣🐑 pardon the pun
LOL! Thank EWE!!
Happy look the balck one recover on his foot
Yay!
Lady you are so dedicated 💖 💗 💕 ❤
I’m not a farmer but I’m so fascinated with farm lifestyle. I love sheep’s goats cows and chickens... sorry for my questions but knowing all the work you have, how do you manage your vacations? Free time? Are you dedicated the whole day to the farm?
Great question! The big reason I schedule my lambing, and management tasks, are so we can sneak in some downtime... It gets challenging when we fight the weather, as we grain farm also. I would say each day requires a half day's work unless I have management jobs in the barn, or lambing... then its an all day thing. I try to fit everything in during the weekdays, so weekends only require feeding and bedding.
There are so many white ones, I really love the ones with black on them.
This is wonderful and beautiful .... My name is Tareq and I love your work I wished if you were close to you👍👍👍👍👍👍💗
Thanks!
@@SandiBrock This is wonderful and lovely
Time for a picnic day 😁
Helo¡¡¡ Your work is amazing. How do you clean the automatic nurse pipes???
Enhorabuena. Es impresionante el trabajo qué realiza y con esa ilusión. Saludos desde España
Oh that baby is sooo cute❗ will mom still love it with her baby having 2 blue legs??
I tried that stuff on part of my leg & it felt good at first but then it felt too tight and the circulation was compromise.
Love the video, thanks for sharing with us. I’m learning so much! I was wondering, what does “plant19” stand for?
I think that it's short for planting 2019.
Oh sorry! Yes, its short form for planting 2019.
Sandi Brock thanks :)
I did not know that sheep had longer tails and that they're bobbed! o.o I'm so city I didn't even know cows were furry till I saw one up close at a county fair when I moved to a smaller town. lol
Hi again just watching rest of video and I don’t want any bad comments or anything but I would say leave them in a pen with there mothers they will stat to walk fine .
love your videos
This reminds me of “Little Bo-Peep” & “Mary Had a Little Lamb” from Nursery Rhymes (1983)
Festival I need to watch all your videos because I didn't finish them yet
i always wonder when i watch your videos what is the chirping in the background... barn swallows?
just curious.
I think sparrows? But in the summer, likely some barn swallows also... Regardless, very loud...
Is it hard for you to just watch when a ewe is pushing. Maybe not struggling but kind of? Haha! I'm such a type A, hands on idk if i could just watch. But she did it! lol
Why don't you run your jugs on one side against the mangers? You could still run a fence across to keep the lambs/ewes separate from the ewes yet to lamb. Seems like it would be so much easier for you, then you could leave 4-6 up all the time and not have to take them down and put them up.
great suggestion... I like having them on both sides for when I'm moving them into the jugs... Its narrower and acts like a funnel. As for just running them along the manger, I can't put up too many as it cuts into feeder space for the group left to lamb...
Nice video !
Looks like my refractometer that i use to test engine coolant freeze points
Interesting!
In hospitals we check urine specific gravity with it..
I find it interesting that they are lambing in a barn and not in open paddocks. I’m from Western Australia and not a farmer but our sheep station/farms birth outdoors. Is it due to the cold that you do it this way. I’m a midwife/nurse and find birth beautiful, loved seeing them in labour. Would love to use your little colostrum machine to test human colostrum. Two years ago I found “lamb chop” on the side of the road, only a few hours old, appears to have fallen out of a sheep transport truck. She survived 2 weeks, lots of visits to a vet. Cost me a small fortune, to try to save her but sadly she passed away in my bed one night. I made her a little bed on top of my bed with a heat pad. The vet thinks she didn’t get any colostrum. I had her cremated and her photo/urn sits on my sideboard .
They lamb inside as a good chunk of the year is cold... but also we have a heavy coyote pressure just outside the barn walls.
Sandi Brock Thankyou for explaining.
All sheep are clever
Yay more lambing
Can you tell us a little about why you have so many bottle babies? What are the conditions and situations when you need to pull them from the ewe? Triplets? A ewe lamb with twins? etc?
Great question... I usually pull anything over a twin off mom so she only has to service two lambs... this lambing group, I left a few ewes with triplets to see how they do. The other bottle babies are ones that got abandoned, or lost their mom.
Do you give ewes that have stillborn lambs a bottle baby to raise? I find it helps especially ewe lambs to realized that after they deliver there is something to look after rather than just walk away from.
I try!!
I think the curl over usually resolves by itself most if the time?
It does most times... I was just concerned it wasn't getting up to drink. After I put the little splints on, she was able to stand to eat.
Are January and April normal breading seasons for a ewe? Thats a hard cull if you ask me. Very jealous of you operation!
I think she’s mentioned before that fall - possibly around October - is the normal breeding season. I feel as you do that it’s a bit of a hard cull and that I would want to try them in fall before culling in case the particular ewe is not an out-of-season breeder. However it isn’t my operation (not that I have one) and I am therefore not the one having to juggle all the space, feed, and financial variables and make the decisions to make a sheep operation successful. I am continuously amazed by Sandi and all she does to keep her operation running so smoothly.
Hey Christopher! So I would agree January is still legit for a good breeding. In fact, that group scanned 96% bred. April gets a bit more challenging as its getting into longer days. But I still had a 70% scan.. not horrible. So when the other ewes successfully breed, and these ones miss twice, I mark them as a cull.
Thanks Dianne!
@@SandiBrock Hey thanks for a response, I just wonder on reflectionif a ewe that doesn't fit in an off season breeding rotation would do better in a different cycle group. This wonderfully detailed chronology of your operation provokes a lot of consideration. Have a great day!
I apologize if this has already been asked, but what do you do with the lambs who have passed?
I have been wondering the same thing
She’s commented on another video that they compost them.
Zebra Shark Thanks, I saw that after I commented on this.
Whatever kind of livestock you are working with you will have some that don’t make it..What do you do with the dead lamps?
We compost them...
❤️U Sandi. From Hatchechubbee ALABAMA.
Thanks Ronda!!!