We moved the rams and the bottle lambs into our backyard. The rams will stay until November, when they will breed. The lambs until they are weaned. I have about half an acre in my backyard, which should be able to feed, easily, 4 sheep. I haven’t setup a rotational system yet, but I plan… Continue reading Rams and Lambs
Author: Jonathan
Doing the math, sheep vs. cows in 2024
Alan Westerfield is asking for people’s math on sheep. He said he made his money raising sheep, and he’s heard some crazy numbers by “blowhards.” I think he is responding to this recent video by Birchfield Farming: But maybe he’s talking about my videos too. Now, if you ask people who do rotational grazing, almost… Continue reading Doing the math, sheep vs. cows in 2024
If you get the Avian Flu from cows, you are going to drown from snot
https://web.archive.org/web/20240506034403/https://davidseaman.substack.com/p/bird-flu-has-infected-humans-in-texas In short, this guy got some allergies and thinks we need to shut down the entire country because his eyes turned red. It’s all nonsense. It’s COVID 2024 — because Trump might win an election.
Let’s look at the future by looking at the past
I’m going to pick videos from last year in the upcoming weeks to highlight what I can expect in my pasture. May 2nd, 2023: May 9th, 2023: May 16th, 2023: At this point, it looked like we were in for an extended spring. The weather wasn’t too hot and things were going well. May 23rd,… Continue reading Let’s look at the future by looking at the past
The history of sheep on my field (part 2)
Previous post With 3 new lambs, I was talking to my neighbor about his sheep and he said he was getting out of the sheep business. A commentator recommended I buy his sheep since he is close to me, and I thought that was a fantastic idea. So I approached my neighbor but he was… Continue reading The history of sheep on my field (part 2)
The history of sheep on my field (part 1)
As I get more sheep, I thought it would be a good idea to go over the history of sheep on my field. 2022 I bought 4 sheep on May 30th, 2022. There were two ewes, an older ewe (EWE 0001) and a yearling (EWE 0002). The older ewe had 2 ram lambs. RAM 0001… Continue reading The history of sheep on my field (part 1)
May 1st
Here’s May 1st, 2023: At the time I was doing a 21-day rotation (3 weeks) so the cows were getting a lot of ground and not eating much grass at all. I had only 5 sheep at this time, two ewes, a ram, and a ram and ewe lamb. All of them are purebred St.… Continue reading May 1st
What to do about goatweed
Goatweed, as it is commonly known in my area, is also known as hogwort, dovewood or woolly croton. It’s scientific name is Croton capitatus. You can find lots of resources about where it lives and how it thrives. In short, goatweed starts growing in June, and will cover your field in July, August and September.… Continue reading What to do about goatweed
Advice on cows for the non-farmer
A friend asked me about buying some cows to raise to weight and slaughter. They have never raised cows before, but they have lived in rural areas their whole life, and they know plenty of people who have just done that. My own grandpa used to do this every year. He’d buy a calf, run… Continue reading Advice on cows for the non-farmer
What to do about weeds in your pasture
If you’re rotationally grazing, maybe moving the cows every week or perhaps even the extreme of twice a day, you might get discouraged when you see all your hard work is turning into weeds. Of course we are not going to consider things that kill the soil: herbicides, fertilizer, and tilling. These are things that… Continue reading What to do about weeds in your pasture