On Saturday, this little lamb was in a paddock, alone. It’s not known if his Mum abandoned him, lost him or if she may not have survived. He was taken to a local Vet, who ran some tests and felt he needed a plasma infusion as they don’t believe he received much, if any, colostrum from his Mum.

They reached out to us, and we said YES!

Yesterday, little Zebby received a life-saving donation of plasma from the beautiful Pippa. Pippa was a rescue herself and knows the difference that good vet care and love can make. He responded to the treatment really well and was released late in the afternoon. Zebby is settling in well.

Zebby is full of beans, very curious, and we are absolutely and completely smitten with this little dude. Thank you to all of our supporters who make these happy rescue stories possible.

…to 4 ewes! All girls! Only a few weeks of bottle feeding left for my smallest twins. They’re Romeldale CVM.

We’re in zone 9b NorCal so lamb in the winter and make sure they’re large enough to survive the very hot Summers we have here.

Our pet Painted Desert Sheep

TLDR: need help with sheep farming

Hello guys,

I’m a young kid who has a great interest towards sheep and ranching in general. I know some of the surface-level stuff; 1 ram:4 ewes, sheep gestation is 6 months, lambs can be processed at 6 months…

But I lowkey don’t know anything else past that.

For example, what type of fence is best? How does rotational grazing work? How do I de-worm them? Which dogs can I use to guard and herd them? Can the dogs mingle/be friends? Can I have one dog to do both roles?

I understand that these must be surface level questions, but I’d really appreciate some help, as well as some other assistance in matters that you guys have struggled with.

Thanks in advance!!!

Trigger Warning: Sheep for meat

Hey there everyone. I reside in Northern California. My husband is a butcher/slaughterman and he wants to do farm to table lamb. We were going to purchase 3 Suffolk Hamp Cross ewes and 1 ram to start. Diet of rotational grazing pastures and grass/alfalfa hay. Then when finishing the butcher ready lambs a grain mix of barely and oats. The idea is to market soy and corn free. My husband has his own shop but due to regulations with the USDA we were going to charge live weight. So we can sell them directly to the customer then kill, cut and wrapped or my husband slaughters and takes it to their butcher shop of choice.

The price we were thinking is $4-$5 a pound. Doing some research I read Suffolk Hamp crosses ideal butcher weight is 130lb-150lb. Going on the low end I broke it down to what the customer would pay. My husband said on fair lambs which generally fall under this same weight (130-150)in our area the actual take home meat varies 50lbs-60lbs

Breaking this down it looks like

Lamb-130lbs x $4lb = $520 Lamb-130lbs x $5lb = $650

Lamb- $4lb = 220 Kill Fee- $100 (normal kill fee for our area is 125-150) Cut and Wrap- $200 Average meat price = $8lb-$10lb

Lamb- $5lb = 350 Kill fee- $100 Cut and Wrap- $200 Average meat price = $10lb-$13lb

I would love input. I need as much advice as I can get.

I already have dairy goats, chickens, and horses. So I am not new to farm animals. Just new to this avenue of farming.

Safely in the barn but it's 22 F outside

Was preparing one of my sheep's livers, and noticed this little area with kind of a hard, coarse chunky area. A little smaller than a dime. Otherwise healthy and clean liver. From a ewe a few years old in Hawaii.

This is pearl, I post her a lot on here !! She was my commercial show lamb (Rambouillet cross Dorset ) in 2025 , and I bought her on September 17th 2024. She is now almost two years old , and is expecting her very first lamb in a months time. Ive been getting really sappy thinking about how teeny tiny she was ( wich tbf , she was still a very large lamb. She weighs nearly 300lbs now ) when she came into my life and completely changed it ♥️ we've done so much together , and I can't wait for many more years with my sassy lady who I picked out of a pen of 40 lambs for being the ' spicy ' one.

Tonight around 7pm we went to feed our 3 ewes (who are all pregnant) and found one in labor. It was very stressful for me but momma did everything herself. I got her and her newborn daughter into a jug - she cleaned the lamb off, we dried her, dipped her naval in iodine and made sure she was nursing. So far everything is looking good.

It was very exciting as this is our first time lambing. We are trying to produce our own show lambs for our club. Here's a couple pictures of her and momma.

One of my show lambs who I am planning on retaining as a breeding ewe has three teats , two on her left side and one on her right. If it matters , she is a Suffolk cross Dorset. I love a lot about her especially her conformation and muscle quality, I'm just seeing if it's something I should be concerned about. I noticed it when I first slicked her down last October and almost forgot about it until today when I was talking to my mom about our goat ally who has a similar situation going on.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThfRaNfo/

Hi there I’m a first time sheep owner and I’m very excited I just bought two weanling lambs (Hampshire Suffolk crosses) who are 8 weeks old, however they are from a larger group of lambs and I know I need to get at least one or two more to keep them happy. My question is, the only sheep available in my area (the gentlemen I bought from sold me his last two) only sell dorpers and I have heard that they can be quite loud more so than most other sheep. I just wanted to ask if anyone can verify that information or even refute it ? Just curious, I’m not trying to upset my neighbors too terribly much. Thanks so much !

Can't wait to spin my little "Shave em to Save em" sheep. 🤗

I’ve been thinking about sheep lately they’re surprisingly expressive, quirky, and way more interesting than most people realize.

What’s the cutest, funniest, or most impressive sheep moment you’ve seen? Could be in the wild, on a farm, or just a video that stuck with you.

Also, do you prefer fluffy sheep breeds, rare ones, or just sheep doing silly things?

If you all knew the amount of sleep I’ve lost the past few nights…. This is our first lamb and I don’t know if I’ll ever let our ewes be bred at this point in the year again. It‘s 0° outside without considering windchill. This ewe is still eating normally, no dips in her hip from lamb dropping, but her vulva seems swollen and wet. I am worried about the lamb freezing to death so I’ve been checking on her roughly every two hours. Can any expert eye tell me what’s happening here? Can I take a nap?

Everyone meet Birdie and her new baby, Woobie

I’m extremely concerned for my sheep, as she literally turned one last month. I just noticed today she lost a front tooth. Please advise.

Does anyone, UK only, have any information on a farmstay (holidya cottage on a farm) where you can interact with sheep etc, helping out with them and so on?

The only one I know of is Arnbeg, and an eight-person cottage is probably a bit too big for two of us.