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...
North Brookfield, NY
GBR
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
- Sep 4, 2017
Farewell to the pigs
We raised 151 and 152 from 8 week old piglets. They came with their 3 brothers and after sending the boys off to the butcher that first...
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
- 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
- Feb 11, 2017
Ewe and ewe lamb pregnancy testing
You can use ultrasound or the BioPRYN blood test to for pregnancy testing in sheep. The benefit of ultrasound is that you can see how...
Farmer
- Feb 9, 2017
Piglets should be here in May
Sows will come into heat 3 days after their piglets are weaned and then have a heat cycle every 21 days. Most pigs have very regular...
Farmer
- Jan 10, 2017
Parasite Resistance vs Resilience
Distinguishing between parasite resistance and resilience is very import for a sheep operation that wants to produce quality breeding...
Farmer
- Jan 5, 2017
Our 2017 lamb crop sires
We are patiently waiting for lambing to start the end of March but wanted to introduce our herd sires and how they earned their place in...
Farmer
- Dec 24, 2016
The difference a year makes
This is our second year trying to graze through the winter. We are learning a lot and respecting the cold a lot more. Our first year was...
Farmer
- Nov 15, 2016
Pigs Preparing For Winter
It is that time of year again where it is all about winter that is coming. We are planning to over winter the pigs in the woods this...
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...
Farmer
- Jul 12, 2016
And then there were cattle
We got five Hereford/Hereford Cross heifers to help us manage our pastures. Now we are doing multi species grazing, the cattle graze the...
Farmer
- Apr 17, 2016
Knee Deep In Lambs
We started the day a bit earlier than usual because we needed to get some other work done but the sheep had other plans for us. Before...
Farmer
- Apr 7, 2016
Lambing Started On Schedule
It felt like we have been waiting forever. Exactly 145 days after we started breeding we have our first lambs. The yearling had twins,...
Farmer
- Apr 4, 2016
Snow Pigs
Some people might wonder what we do with our pasture raised pigs in the winter. Well, it is simple, they stay out on pasture. We brought...
Farmer
- Dec 28, 2015
It's a boy! Our first lamb.
This was not exactly a planned pregnancy; you cannot control everything that happens. We were lucky to be there almost from the start...
Farmer
- Dec 24, 2015
Mild start to winter and we are still grazing
This is our first winter on the farm, we needed a mild start to the winter and that is what we got. We farm grass fed sheep so we either...