BREEDING SHEEP Small Scale (my full system) Grass Based Meat Sheep Farming Lambing Homesteading

BREEDING SHEEP Small Scale (my full system) Grass Based Meat Sheep Farming Lambing Homesteading

the Shepherdess

54 года назад

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🐑FREE (pdf) Pre-Breeding Checklist: https://bit.ly/breedingPREP
🥩Waitlist for lambs and meat: https://bit.ly/ShepherdessNWSLTR
🟠Sheep Mineral: https://bit.ly/4cmxilj
⭐Lambing Playlist: https://youtu.be/5qhe6NjQCHg?si=NW7SPMEUITSCF7JA

Questions/Topics:
0:00 My low-input Pasture Based Sheep Farm
2:29 Choosing the right ram for your flock
3:47 How many rams do I keep for breeding?
4:13 Can you breed a ram to his own ewes? (line-breeding)
5:14 Where I keep my ram when he is not breeding my ewes
6:20 Preparing ewes for breeding season
7:44 How old should a ewe be before breeding?
8:45 Chicken Lady says Hi!
9:26 Important minerals for sheep fertility
10:25 Beware of Selenium deficiency in sheep!
11:16 Flushing ewes before breeding
12:12 What month should you breed your ewes?
13:09 How long should I leave my rams with my ewes?
14:43: Why I changed from spring to late-winter lambing.

This video is an overview of my breeding program for my small flock of Dorper Sheep that I own and manage on 30 acres.

I discuss:
What I look for in a breeding ram.
How I prepare my ewe flock for breeding season,
Minerals that impact flock fertility.
And how to time a breeding season for a successful pasture based lambing.

For some context:
I farm on in Northeast Texas. Winters are mild and summers are extremely hot.

I raise purebred Dorper sheep as a primary enterprise. Dorper sheep are meat sheep. I also raise a small amount of stocker cattle for grass-fed beef.

Rainfall in my area is about 45 inches annually.

Which makes for the perfect environment in which to practice regenerative pasture-based farming.

My sheep farming system is very simple and low-input. Feed input besides pasture is reserved for emergencies. I do not perform any fancy broad-based pasture planting or cover cropping. My sheep eat whatever grows on pasture by itself, and the variety and quality of forage improves year over year with good pasture management.

I rotational graze my flock using electric fencing, moving my sheep to a new pasture paddock at a minimum of twice a week during the growing season. I consider this regenerative, rotational grazing system to be the real crown jewel of my operation and work… because it was really these practices that took our sheep and our land from simply surviving, to truly thriving.


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@fortesfortunajuvat6782
@fortesfortunajuvat6782 - 19.11.2024 02:19

Great video. Do you have any issues with predators? If so, how do you deal with that issue?

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@hurdleguy8014
@hurdleguy8014 - 12.11.2024 20:53

Do you sell of the rams that come from the flock when they mature fully?

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@rickwarner516
@rickwarner516 - 09.11.2024 14:49

Jacob has nothing on you when it comes to raising sheep. What a story.

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@MNGZteam
@MNGZteam - 05.11.2024 05:03

Newbie, just starting to follow you and learn about sheep farming. Iyo, is west Texas, specifically Abilene, too dry to raise sheep? 24-27 inches of rain a year.

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@amandauribe4475
@amandauribe4475 - 05.11.2024 03:46

Hello, my kids just started showing Dorpers for their school livestock show team. What's the best way to put muscle on the rear of a dorper? Also, any tips on the best way to show a doper? Dorpers are new to shows, and we would love to show dorpers the best we can

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@Suckitcommietwat
@Suckitcommietwat - 02.11.2024 17:50

We like incest here at Harmony Farms

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@mirzarnha9952
@mirzarnha9952 - 29.10.2024 01:15

❤❤

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@AlyshadeKoeyer
@AlyshadeKoeyer - 26.10.2024 19:01

Love your videos! What do you do for your water as you rotate them through your paddocks? Do you have troughs in each area or have a portable set up system? Thanks!

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@MazinyoHungwe-pv6zd
@MazinyoHungwe-pv6zd - 21.10.2024 13:36

Your wrk is very good❤❤❤❤

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@nerissametcalf6888
@nerissametcalf6888 - 16.10.2024 17:34

Hi. I love what you do and I’m super curious on a couple of things.
Our family lives in The Bahamas 🇧🇸 and we are passionate about grass fed meat in our life, for our health.
I am trying to start something small to be self sufficient “homesteading”.
I only have 4 ducks and 2 goats at present.
My father purchased a Dorper sheep from someone he knew, who at the time brought it into our country, it was amazing and over time that Ram bred with our local native sheep and 3 gens later from me helping him select the best babies to breed on, we had the best tasting, meaty sheeep ever!

If I wanted to purchase a pair of your sheep to breed into my local native sheep here, or cross with a St. Croix (I like how parasite resistant they seem).
Could you ship your sheep to FL for live transport on a mailboat (cargo ship?)

And on another note, if we wanted to buy whole processed sheep from you to eat, can you ship frozen meat for the same shipping route to FL for a cargo ship to bring to me here in The Bahamas?

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@saygoodnight2010
@saygoodnight2010 - 14.10.2024 20:14

Thank you so much. I finally have been able to afford some land and have always wanted to raise sheep. Getting everything ready to start next year and hopefully breed in Sept. 2025

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@Hereforboardgames
@Hereforboardgames - 10.10.2024 15:41

If raising sheep for meat and wanting them to be pasture raised is treating for worms acceptable just no vaccines? I noticed you allow one treatment of worms but no vaccines right?

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@soyaa1307
@soyaa1307 - 04.10.2024 19:58

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@lewisorely
@lewisorely - 02.10.2024 17:49

You're just great!! I've binge watched so many of your videos! Thank you😊

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@olekipetu
@olekipetu - 21.09.2024 02:00

So it's safe to breed a bull /ram with his own daughters?

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@alyssa_the_noodle5228
@alyssa_the_noodle5228 - 20.09.2024 02:18

How much can I expect to spend for 10x Commercial Dorper sheep?
I plan to purchase 10 ewes, 1 ram as a start. Then slowly buy a few registered animals. Build the flock for two years, swap to a registered ram, and purchase 2-5 registered ewes

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@edwinfai5910
@edwinfai5910 - 13.09.2024 20:43

Thanks a lot you have made me to change my mind from cows to sheep.
Will need your help to get fences,rell cheaper
Have a nice day

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@king-8182
@king-8182 - 13.09.2024 07:40

Su process has to be done to order these sheep

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@king-8182
@king-8182 - 13.09.2024 07:39

I want to buy your sheep from India

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@longcharasem5225
@longcharasem5225 - 11.09.2024 06:51

Your work is amazing besides ur love for animals. You acknowledge God for your blessings is what impressed me. I am also a shepherd in the house of God. Wish I could visit your farm 🙏

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@MarcoMasseria
@MarcoMasseria - 10.09.2024 22:55

Thank you for addressing line breeding.
All I need to do now is pick up a couple Dorper rams from the ExpoPrado show (going on this week in Montevideo) and I'll be able to close the flock.
We will be at 120 ewes (plus this year's lambs) if I add the Texel.

With what you shared, 3 rams should be plenty of genetic diversity to get to our goal of shedding sheep.
Thank you!

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@MarcoMasseria
@MarcoMasseria - 10.09.2024 22:52

Your attention to detail and intensity of management is an inspiration!
The Dorper population is so small here in Uruguay that I'm crossing Dorper rams to Ile de France ewes (possibly adding Texel ewes) but we run almost exclusively on grass. Zero supplements except for a flushing program we tried.
Just hearing that the one thing we do is the one thing you don't do (flushing).

Hearing all the troubles you faced is really perplexing. We've faced none of them. Possibly (like Texas longhorn) all weak genetics have perished in the country's flocks.

I am blown away but your involvement with your flock. Here, I thought I was being a good shepherd by getting guardian dogs and using rotational grazing.

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@davidb88424
@davidb88424 - 10.09.2024 20:52

My area (New Braunfels, TX) gets around 34ish inches of rain per year, would this not be ideal since your area gets a bit more per year?

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@curtisullstrom4814
@curtisullstrom4814 - 10.09.2024 03:55

Hi, I'm just getting our farm going is there a better breed for colder weather

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@MonGhale13579
@MonGhale13579 - 07.09.2024 19:22

Hi sister ☺️ 💓 😊lovely 👌 work 👏 your, I like 👍 and love ❤️ 🎉.

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@danonotinthelionsden
@danonotinthelionsden - 05.09.2024 09:36

"The system from which he came...." Hmmm... That's wisdom there. 💎✏️🗒️

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@MambzHurriz
@MambzHurriz - 29.08.2024 01:45

You are amazing I love you to death

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@mariarogers9964
@mariarogers9964 - 23.08.2024 05:28

I never realized that North East Texas was without trees, here in East Texas we have plenty of trees and 45-70 inches of rain a year

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@SSOrganicFarms
@SSOrganicFarms - 16.08.2024 18:47

👍👍👍

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@manjunaththimmegowda2355
@manjunaththimmegowda2355 - 16.08.2024 03:20

Hi mam I am sheep breeder in India I have 5 acre land, with our local sheep’s around 80 no’s I need to learn more about sheep farming which book will prefer.

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@phillb6672
@phillb6672 - 14.08.2024 05:04

Hi. Have you tried using Copper Sulphate (or copper bolus) for parasite control?

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@RandyWalden-s2f
@RandyWalden-s2f - 13.08.2024 02:28

We are new sheep farmers as of now we have 22 katahdin that will be ready to lamb around October. We want to add pure bred Dorpers to our existing flock. Hard to find them here in Kentucky. When will you have breeding stock for sale

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@ashrafraoashrafrao6013
@ashrafraoashrafrao6013 - 12.08.2024 08:45

❤❤❤

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@floradanfaunasumatra3366
@floradanfaunasumatra3366 - 12.08.2024 04:07

Bisakah di tulis dengan indonesian language? Video anda akan lebih luas tersebar 🙏💪

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@dillonhrrs2010
@dillonhrrs2010 - 11.08.2024 23:41

What’s a weather or whether? In reference to the ram having company

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@kwezisontshatsha4500
@kwezisontshatsha4500 - 10.08.2024 22:40

Are you practicing inbreeding?

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@goatmasterkenya
@goatmasterkenya - 08.08.2024 22:14

Plug to the electric fencing gadget. Thank you

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@vinayakkatecropscience4164
@vinayakkatecropscience4164 - 08.08.2024 10:05

We want to dorper male & female hire from you please share some information about that.🙏
If you know about this please contact with us.🙏🙏
Kindly requested .

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@GoatPros
@GoatPros - 08.08.2024 09:25

We just added some dorper crosses to our goat herd, they grow so much faster and seem much easier to raise compared to goats!

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@Yahya100x100
@Yahya100x100 - 07.08.2024 00:54

Go girl go you can do it I know you can ⚡️get in to the race all producing farmers in America are depending on you

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@WinkyKanian
@WinkyKanian - 06.08.2024 21:54

Very good one. Thank you. Love the farm & the information that you put in the video. Keep up the good work and be bold 👍🏻

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@Ron9801
@Ron9801 - 06.08.2024 04:40

We are raising Nigerian dwarf goats, so I know there are different types of goats that you can raise. Is there different type of sheep that you can raise as well, if so, what is the best type?

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@gardeninggalagain
@gardeninggalagain - 04.08.2024 03:29

What a wonderful primer. Thank you!

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@lamplighterfarm
@lamplighterfarm - 03.08.2024 21:56

SOOO much good information! Thank you!

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@luiscarlosma9797
@luiscarlosma9797 - 03.08.2024 21:33

Excuse me lady how much dorper can you have on a 10.000 mts square area?

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@petergachuru2256
@petergachuru2256 - 03.08.2024 21:13

I first heard of doper sheep from yu

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@PecintaDombaa
@PecintaDombaa - 03.08.2024 03:59

In my country, the farming of Dorper sheep is still very rare. I want to learn how to raise Dorper sheep. I am from Indonesia.

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@PecintaDombaa
@PecintaDombaa - 03.08.2024 03:54

I love sheep
Im from indonesia

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@KyleLeeWoyote
@KyleLeeWoyote - 02.08.2024 17:30

Thank you for the video and all the information you have put out. Would you consider breeding sheep (1 or 2 pairs) on 10 acres?

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@AlgiereRanch
@AlgiereRanch - 02.08.2024 16:46

We are really considering adding sheep in with our dexters!!

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