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Friday, February 25, 2011

Scours in Young Sheep and Goats

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Scours is not a disease, rather it is a symptom of another problem. Scours is basically another name for diarrhea in livestock animals . Sc...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Triplet Lambs are Growing Up

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If you are a regular reader,  you may recall one Barbado ewe had triplets in Januaray.  She was not producing quite enough milk and as a re...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Sheep Mutilation in Australia, Mulesing

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Mulesing is the act of slicing off a dinner plate amount of skin from the rump of a Merino sheep lamb.  Mulesing is often done when the lam...
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

The Elastrator Tool for Tail Docking and Lamb Castration

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In sheep, both tail docking , and castration , are optional.  In some areas these are not done at all as they are seen as cruel, or unnatura...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

How Cold is Too Cold?

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Yesterday morning, I woke up to temperatures that were -39C.  I went out to the barn and it was clearly too cold for the lambs to go outside...
Friday, January 28, 2011

Supplies Needed for Lambing Season

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For the hobby farmer who is just new into sheep, and is expecting their first lambs, knowing just what to get can be tricky.  Ewes are pre...
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Sunday, January 23, 2011

One Lamb for Mrs Brown Katahdin

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Mrs Brown Katahdin was found in the morning tucked into the big stall she had one lamb at her side.  We had left the stall door open since t...
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