How my Sheep Farm Differs from GREG JUDY's | Deworming a Flock of Dorper Sheep

We need a shepherd, wonder how many sheep can a shepherd keep? My hats off to your dad. Thanks you sharing this video.

Thanks for sharing, blessings to you. Down under in NZ I farm a small block lifestyle block with Suffolk sheep, God is also blessings us with good flock health with only One sheep death (accidental) in five years. God is awesome.

Greg Judy runs his flocks on 100s of acres with daily relocation of the flock. So it makes sense that there would be differences in parasite management on a small pasture/farm.

I enjoy your videos but I wish people like you who I am learning from would stick to the subject instead of all the back stories. Please don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to be mean in any way. I am trying to learn from videos like yours but sometimes it gets annoying and boring when all the back stories are told over and over again and not sticking to the subject. Thank you

Try diatamatious earth coming from South Africa I can tell you that the stuff works wonders with parasites (it does for me)

very well put we cant wait!!!! to get your book.

The problem with dewormer is it kills soil biology and will cost you a lot more in the end I trust Dr Elaine Ingham and her studies on soil biology

FAMACHA THE best method to check your mob daily if possible. plus the way you then do deworming as and when and where needed, ensures your mob does not become resistant to meds. Love following your journey.

I’ll be honest, after watching Greg Judy I feel like such a failure. There’s this sense that his way is the only way and if you trim hooves, deworm, or heavens forbid one of your flock gets hoof rot then you are a horrible shepherd. To be honest I’m only a year into my shepherd journey so a lot of this stuff I’m learning on the fly and there’s Greg Judy mistakes that I’ve already made that I can’t go back on. Thanks for putting out the video, I’m praying for wisdom from the good shepherd and learning bit by bit

I wish my son had done one ounce of research before dumping so many sheep on my little place. 😢. He just doesn’t get it but I’m sending him your videos in the off chance he does get it. I feel bad for these critters.

I have 4 acres fenced and told him last year it would support 4 to 5 sheep pretty easy. He dumped 14 on me. Now their lambing and it’s just a stupid count.

I don’t know what the hell to do.

Vent over, I’ll continue to send him your videos.

I need to know about deworming and milking my sheep

I have enjoyed you program so much till it has gotten me purchasing 17 new ewe lambs to start my dairy herd. Thanks alot

Hi shepherd's im from Australia running dorpers 800mm rainfall please look up lanessa farms i now use copersulphate for worming it works its cheap and now worm resistance

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently look into buying our own animals

I really like the scripture you used at the end of your video. Sure adds context to what Jesus said about being the good shepherd and we are his sheep. I really enjoy your channel!

You should apologize to Greg. Aweful thing.

How have you come up with a plan to get away from worming more? With the drought, maybe you just haven't been able to give it the attention you'd prefer?

We're considering getting a few here on about 15 acres in central TX, as I've shared before. It's just so brittle here still though, with maybe 50% coverage (might be less).

Can you make a video on solar powered boiler ?

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This a a great video. As many have stated, local environmental conditions, in conjunction with local demands for animal products, as well as the individual farmer's requirements for income; will always trump any generalized system of raising/managing livestock intended for human consumption.

That being said, it is important to remember that the genesis for Greg Judy's sheep flock came DIRECTLY from an older farmer who had spent well over a decade taking already parasite resistant St. Croix sheep, and doing exactly as Greg Judy advocates in his videos. Mr. Judy then took the starter sheep that he purchased from that man, and, over time, developed, and refined, his own unique methodology for sheep management.

As he has stated in many of his talks, and videos, NOT having to worm, trim hooves, trim horns, feed grain, house the animals, feed hay in a confinement paddock/shed/barn during winter weather, or be present when the mother is giving birth; TRUMPS all other considerations.

The entirety of his management system is based on those considerations. Thus, his inputs are incredibly low, compared to conventional methods of raising sheep & cattle. He is also a ruthless culler of any animal that does not meet his quite high standards. As a result, his herd of cattle, and his flock of sheep, are quite profitable. Seed stock is a primary source of income.

There is plenty of room in animal agriculture for many ways of doing business.

Best wishes to the Shepardess!!!

I’m in a similar climate in south Mississippi. What wormer works best for your sheep?

Amazing..
Keep it up

Hmm, that makes me wonder if there's a way to treat the ground 🤔

Maybe a nematode spray or something to treat the ground for parisites.

I'll have to do some research 👍

Edit: 10 minutes into reading, information I've found so far re-enforces what you're stated along with mowing to expose the parisites to UV and using larvacide.

There's also a few papers on using high nitrogen fertilizers under damp conditions to neutralize larva but I believe that was barber pole worm.

I'll keep looking.

watching from Machakos county Kenya am a goat farmer

WOW. Thank you, my wife are teachers, empty nester and looking to diversify and heavily supplement our one day retirement. Your information is exciting and helpful. We'll be praying for you and continue following you. Our plans are for being stewards of land either in the Kerrville -Fredericksburg area or somewhere between Minerwells and Gainesville. thanks

Greg's flock took years to get to the point where he never needed to work them. It's not an overnight thing.

Forget the kardashions this is my kind of woman 🙏🏼👌🏼👍🏼

Why didn't you like sheep initially? curious

Any sites you recommend where aspiring farmers get in touch?

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Wow, I didn't know that it snowed in Texas.

Your flock looks great! Keep up the good work, Greg talks about raising St. Croix as a specific breed that's really parasite resistant, have you thought about getting a couple of St Croix or royal whites to introduce to your flock to make them more parasite resistant?

Glad you made this video, I am from Kentucky and the climate and rain we get each year create a huge problem with parasites and we struggle with parasites becoming resistant to the normal chemicals. The University of Kentucky has an amazing sheep herd and program and they have been using copper sulfate. Seems successful here. Might be worth a try if you run into resistance problems. If you’d like I’ll send you the dosages and instructions.

With you having 23 acres how many sheep do you have on your rotation grassing. How big are your grazing areas? We have just over 10 acres and I wanted to do 10 to 15 ewes breed and sell lambs at market age. Thank you for sharing. Till next time God Bless.

❤️ Love your content so much. Very appreciative of your real world approach! Have been trying to make some decisions about which livestock I want to run on a new farm myself. Zeroed in on meat sheep and was thinking royal whites or dorpers. Like you, I am also in a humid hot summer environment. (NC) I am very concerned about the parasite situation too. These are old cattle pastures. I have been an organic gardener from way back. Very organic farming minded now but not sure how realistically achievable that is with sheep. I’m with you, letting animals die because I have the wrong breed in the wrong environment and am not willing to medicate under any circumstance is not my thing. Do you have thoughts on what your ideal breed choices would be now with parasite resistance as a leading concern? If so… Would you introduce those breeds in as a cross or start rolling over to another breed or possibly even run more than one herd to test it all out? Love to hear your thoughts! Ricki

I believe in your deworming advice

I farm geese (pigs with feathers), ducks, and chickens. Adding some Dexters and some Pygmy Goats to eat. Really harsh winters up here in Central Upstate N.Y.

Lol. I meant save a ram from the ewes which do not need to be dewormed.

Save a ram or two from the does which don’t need to be wormed. Culling is important but so is selection.

Just curious, but have you looked into farming yaks as well?

I'm thinking of starting up a yak, sheep, and alpaca ranch

You are a amazing person. Thanks for sharing.

Our LGD has been tremendously helpful in lowering our parasite load surprisingly enough. She keeps all the deer and other critters off the property which has helped lower incoming problems. After about 2 years of constant battles with worm load we're finally getting on top. We use famacha, and are down to worming only once or twice per year now. Closer to once.
Boer goats central Texas.

Dear Shepherdess m quite impressed by your way of working ...in fact m a regular follower of yours n i am soon gona to start the sheep farm insha allaha ...We have the same climatic conditions as yours ....

I’m in school to be a clinical herbalist and dr Naturopathy.
One of my things I’m working on is herb use in my Cattle health. Another thing we are planing to do is use our chickens to follow our herd in glazing. So they will keep down any parasites. So after the cows goats and sheep leave and area in comes the chickens to do their job.

I do rotational with cattle, but it's takes a lot of land. I'm getting tired of it so I am considering collapsing it down in size, this whole operation, and doing sheep. I penciled out and realized exactly what you did- I can make so much more on sheep and the efficiencies for me here will scale better with my existing facilities and I can give up some land ( extra work and land taxes gone). Only thing I have to do is put up weaved wire fence and get a LGD at some point. I only have three sheep right now but they seem to trial well through my existing cattle handling stuff, I'll just have to make a couple adaptions for lambs.

Sheep in shades, a snowman and a rainbow!!! Great little fun visuals splashed throughout the content. Great job. And indeed sheep need a shepherd(ess).

Snow in Texas, crazy!

I always thought about this pans we all know there will never be a study by any University or manufacturer only if it is independently funded. When we or animals ingest food,liquid the linings in our stomach absorb it and push input into our blood stream and through out the entire body so when we give a dewormer ( which cannot be made to specifically stay in the stomach) how much of it stays in the muscles, liver, and other organs? Are we not tainting the meat in who knows how many PPM. His thinking as a result of having cancer and understanding how cancers grow has made me never to CHEMICALLY give my sheep, donkeys and chicken any deworming or virus injections but to find a natural way to help just as I have healed myself from cancer with out surgery or chemo therapy and by only using good nutrition.