Fence Line Weaning
When weaning lambs, it is recommended to either move the ewes far enough away from the lambs so that they cannot see or hear each other...
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North Brookfield, NY
GBR
Gibraltar Farm
May 17, 2020
2020 Lambing
We finished 2020 lambing a few weeks ago, this years lambing was interesting because in a way we were forced into an experiment to see...
Gibraltar Farm
Jul 28, 2019
Breeding For Parasite Resistance
Breeding for parasite resistance has been a very enjoyable part of breeding with Katahdins, they have such great potential as far as...
Gibraltar Farm
Apr 24, 2019
2019 Lambing
We are as good as done with lambing, one ewe left to go ... A total of 287 lambs were born, 243 of the lambs came from adults and 44...
Gibraltar Farm
Jan 26, 2019
"Bottlejaw", the little ewe that can
We post a lot about our rams but decided that it was high time to feature a good ewe line too. Bottlejaw is the smallest ewe in our flock an
Gibraltar Farm
Jan 19, 2019
2019 Lamb Crop Sires
It is that time of year, breeding is done, we completed ultrasound scanning the ewes, the first major snow storm is approaching and we...
Gibraltar Farm
May 17, 2018
Goodbye, Mister
We first met you as rambunctious 6 month old ram lamb, being mister personality from day one. When you came down with meningeal worm...
Gibraltar Farm
Sep 24, 2017
Lamb Growth
This year we tried to better understand the change in weight gain of the lambs. Previous years we saw that growth slowed at a certain...
Farmer
Jul 26, 2017
Fecal egg counts, you can't do just one
Fecal egg counts (FEC) is a great tool but you need to use it right. One single egg count on an individual animal is not very useful but...
Farmer
Jul 23, 2017
Fecal Egg Count & The Pareto Principle
The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes....
Farmer
May 18, 2017
Meningeal worm prevention
We have a lot of deer on our property as well as a lot of snails so inevitably we see meningeal worm in the sheep. Since we started doing...
Farmer
May 5, 2017
Lambing 2017
We are done with lambing for this year and thought this might be a good time to summarize the results of lambing season (for ourselves or...
Farmer
Sep 9, 2016
Lambs Eating Chicory
There is something about sheep enjoying forage that just makes you feel relaxed. This year we are finishing our 100% grass fed lambs in...
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