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 o...

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 how...

Breeding for parasite resistance has been a very enjoyable part of breeding with Katahdins, they have such great potential as far as para...

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 lamb...

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

It is that time of year, breeding is done, we completed ultrasound scanning the ewes, the first major snow storm is approaching and we go...

We first met you as rambunctious 6 month old ram lamb, being mister personality from day one. When you came down with meningeal worm afte...

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 poi...

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 w...

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....

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...

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...

There is something about sheep enjoying forage that just makes you feel relaxed. This year we are finishing our 100% grass fed lambs in o...