Ha! It's a long road! First...don't give up. It took about a week for the really bad ones to start behaving :/ I let them eat grain the whole time I'm milking them. Some I had to tie their legs. It's usually a two person job at first, some will stand better if someone pets them wherever they like best. And if they're really bad I get her lamb on one side and I milk the other side. I still have some trouble with a ewe that's 3 weeks in milk😫 I hoping that after her lambs sells she calmes down.How are you training your sheep for milking? I've had to milk for colostrum and it's almost always a disaster.
Welcome Looking forward to your posts. Thanks for the blueberry tips!
How are you training your sheep for milking? I've had to milk for colostrum and it's almost always a disaster.I have a 8 year old Finn ewe who had triplets this year. I really like the finns because they are triple purpose, milk, meat and wool. I can sell their wool for $10/pound. I get 6-12 pounds per sheep per year.
This is the first year I've milked them..the milk tastes really good. And last year was the first we put some lambs in the freezer. Two lambs put 100 pounds of meat in the freezer.
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That's a really good idea. I may try that! Thanks!My neighbor out in Wyoming planted her blueberries in a bag of peat. Just dug a hole, pokes some holes in the bottom of the bag of peat so the extra water can drain out and dropped it in the hole. cut a hole in the top and planted the blueberry bush straight into the peat. Her pants were healthy and produced well.