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Some of the following hints were taken from the "The Frugal Shepherd"
articles in Sheep magazine.
Notching Hint Put a notch in your replacement ewes' ears in a different
place every year. When culling, it is easy to tell what year they were born.
Diaper Bag: Use a small baby diaper bag during lambing season to carry
supplies to the barn. It has handles and the top velcro's shut. Keep syringes,
vaccines, tube feeding supplies, ear tags, bander, rags, etc.
Wild Ewe: When putting a "wild ewe" with a new lamb in a small
individual pen in order to keep her from trying to jump around, out of the pen,
or hurting her lamb, I lay a gunny sack across her back. This seems to calm
her down. J.T., ID
Round Bales: Unroll the round bales away from the barn for your late
gestation ewes. This provides good exercise for them, keeps the bale waste out
of the barnyard and you have less manure. Unroll two days worth and feed every
other day. T.M., WI
Round Bales: Cut up 16' X 48" or 52" large square cattle panels
into 4' to 5' sections. Using C Clips or quick connectors, connect 4 of them
to one another and wrap it around a round bale, making a 4 sided box.. The holes
allow the sheep & goats to get their heads in, but restricts them from wasting
a lot or jumping on the top of them. The quick connectors allow you to add another
bale easily. J.R.F, OK
Iodine application: Use one of those little coffee measuring cups to
put iodine on the navels of lambs. It cuts down on waste. LR, CA
Help keep records At each jug, nail a clip to hold a note pad and drill
a hole to put a pencil so you will always be ready to jot down weight, date,
time, numbers or drug info. SA, CO
Inexpensive Buckets: For inexpensive feed and water buckets, we purchase
used frosting, potato, salad, etc. buckets from our local deli and bakery. M.S.,
KS
Mineral Feeder: If you use a used plastic tub for mineral for lambs,
you can make it more secure by placing it in an old tire. CH, WI
Mineral Feeder: We put our loose mineral salt in an old tire, hung
up by a chain that is attached in 2 places on the top of the tire about 18"
- 24" apart. We hang it then on a post. They don't waste it by spilling
it. M.J.F, OK
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