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Sheep Doctor

April 12th, 2015 · 2 Comments · farming

Just when things seemed to be going so smoothly, one of our yearling ewes experiences a terribly difficult pregnancy. After a full day’s labor, the premature and stillborn lamb refused to exit the womb. Only the top of its head was showing. I rolled up my sleeves and reached in to assist, finding that the […]

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Worms

September 17th, 2014 · No Comments · farming

We’ve been pretty fortunate with parasites as far as our sheep are concerned. Until now, we hadn’t done any worming at all, and that works just fine with our low input farming approach. As far as I’m concerned, livestock that needs to be medicated on a regular basis should get a ticket off the property. […]

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