Friday, January 10, 2014

Katahdin Hair Sheep Ram Cross

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Rams, male sheep, are sexually mature at five months of age.  They are not physically mature for another six to twelve months, as some sheep...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Most Money Spent on an Auction Trip Without Buying Anything

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What a year! Normally I would post an ad for sheep for sale and they all would be gone in a matter of weeks.  This year was a funny year. ...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

The Benefits of Breeding to a Hair Sheep Ram

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Fall is typically when sheep producers look for a new breeding ram. Unless a person is set on breeding sheep for wool (which has lost its ...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

Jeopardy Jumping, the 2013 Telus Battle of the Breeds

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On September 5 my husband and I took a break from work and the farm to go to the Spruce Meadows “ Masters ”, a horse show of internationa...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Fall is Ram Lamb Selling and Buying Time

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I find that lambs tend to sell best in the spring.  People either want them for Easter, or other religious festivals, or they want them for ...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Nine Bantam Dorking Chicks Hatched

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Hens lay eggs with, or without a rooster.  If there is a rooster present the eggs should be fertile and will hatch only if a hen sits on t...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Three Different Lambs, a Summer Surprise

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Last fall, in October, three of our ewes gave birth to lambs.  We knew that two of them had been rebred and they had their lambs in April, b...