YOU'VE ASKED, I'M ANSWERING!
All week, I'm scanning through your comments and questions and will choose one to do a video on!
So, stay tuned each day at noon to see if I choose YOURS!

Today's question came from Elizabeth Treese.
HOW DO WE MANAGE THE RAMS ON OUR FARM?

Thanks so much for this question, hopefully I answered it for you! view all

 

 
If I won the lottery, and I could only spend it on the sheep farm... what would I buy??

I LOVED THIS QUESTION!
and likely I missed so many important improvements.  I feel like I think of more everyday.

Thank you to RockyArrowStockdog, Cathy Heslop, and Jessica S. Barbara for the questions of the day!!
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SHEEP FARMING 101
More questions pouring in!  Thank you!!!

Today I had some great ones.
How long do I keep my ewes, and how productive are they?
How I deal with pregnancy toxemia?
How did Popcorn get her name?
When do I ever see my family?

If you have questions, comment below!!! view all

 
Ultrasounding sheep for pregnancies today and WOW!! What a great scan!
Ruby surprised us with twins, and someone else we love also had a sweet surprise!!

We ultrasound sheep so we know what to expect in good time before they lamb.  We can feed them better, or even skip them over to the next group to be exposed.  This is way more efficient than keep ewes on the program for 5 months before then realizing they are not pregnant.
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I've been asked a lot about performance of artificially raised lambs, especially since I've bought an automatic lamb feeder.

Jess and I went through the oldest group of bottle lambs and took a weight.  I have to say, I was REALLY SURPRISED by some of them!! view all

 

 
 
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response.
It's something that I've seen a lot of here on YouTube, and realized that I am surrounded by the amazing sounds and sights of sheep farming everyday.

So today, I stopped talking.
And appreciated the calm, rhythmic everyday motions of what I call chores.
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Monday.
The beginning of a two month journey of farming solo.   We ran out of corn in the ewe barn literally the day after Mark left.  I'm also beginning the drying off process on my early December lambing group!!  Can you believe that?

I dropped Mark off at the airport on Saturday night, and on the way we had a Q&A.
NOW, you will hear the reason he left me.
(unless, of course, you follow his channel too!  LOL) view all

 

 
 
ITS SHIPPING DAY!
And it's a bit tricky when you have to do it solo...
So today, I'm sharing some tips and tricks for loading sheep onto a trailer when you are on your own.

Here's a few tips...
1.  Do a few at a time.
2.  Get the first one in line to go the right way.
3.  Don't let them turn around!
4.  Stay CALM.

And I show you what happens when these steps are missed.  LOL.
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How, why and when we shear our sheep.
Charlie and Alvin are back to give the ladies a makeover before they are due to lamb again in 8 weeks!

 They look SOOO GOOD!

Answering lots of questions about shearing and wool.
Thank you so much for contributing to the questions!! view all

 

 
 
 
How much does it cost us to raise a lamb from weaning age (8 weeks) to market (105 lbs)?




I've been trying to add a little more business to my videos, without it being too boring (OR WRONG)...

Numbers are not my strong suit, but know the importance of how they are the driving force behind any good business.

Instead of actual figures, I broke down the main costs of goods sold and did a percentage off an actual lamb cheque so you could see how many lambs are left to sell after these expenses...




These are very rough, so please go easy on me... LOL

And also, always look hard at your own numbers... it's amazing what can maybe be missed or thought to be ok, when in reality it could be made better or more efficient.




I hope this gives a little idea as to what it costs to grow a product on a farm. view all

 
 
 
Weaning lambs has NEVER GONE THIS WELL!!

And I think I owe some of the success to Temple Grandin... although, I've never really thought about it before!




Setting up for any kind of movement with animals requires understanding how that animal behaves...

How it moves, thinks, reacts.

And build your handling systems around that behavior.
I don't know a lot about Temple Grandin, but I know through reading some articles, this is how she designs handling systems.  She gets to know her animals first.
 
She lets them show her what handling system design works best for them!

Let's see how I did!!
 
WEANING LAMBS (& Channelling My Inner Temple Grandin): Vlog 236 view all

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
HOW DID THEY DO?? Results from the first weaned lambs of 2020: Vlog 238 view all

 
Tuesday was rough.

But it was little acts of kindness from friends, neighbours and YOU (my online family) who pushed me through.




The rest of the week was more post wean sheep and lamb observations.  They have transitioned well!




Lesson for the week...

Believe in yourself.  Own your truth.  Share your truth.

Because if you give that away, they can't really steal it.
 
 
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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! What a great ending to a not great week. Our little gift to you. Love, S.
 
 
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How to grow chilli seeds faster in small pot | Grow chilli easily at home
 
 
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This vid's all about crabbing and sharing the catch with family in an epic chilli crab cook up. I'm out checking the pots with my best mate shit fisherman of a cousin Aaron Seipel and what he lacks in fishing skills he makes up for with crab pots pulling skills. This is a day in the life of myself and extended family enjoying life on holidays.
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when into darwin harbour put some mud crab pots out on the incoming tide caught some mud crabs then clean them then cooked chilli mud crab yeww
 
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Fishing Method - Unique Fishing With Chilli Sauce & Eggs Catch Fishes From Hole
 
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I have been wanting to make a trellis for my Clematis and with Kate's help I finally got it done.
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I've been asked about how I grow my broccoli so today I share with you everything I've learned about growing it. I hope you find it helpful.
 
 
 
 

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Today I'd like to invite you to join us in the garden for our first large harvest of the 2019 year! I also fill you in on the root cellar cabbage experiment.
 
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We spent the day out in the garden and got some harvesting done before the frost comes, which is just around the corner now.
 

 
 
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Today we went out to the garden and started harvesting our squash. So far we're at 137 squash, with a few more yet to go. Thanks for joining us
 
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Today we went out to the garden and started harvesting our squash. So far we're at 137 squash, with a few more yet to go. Thanks for joining us
 
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