Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! We've never advertised our sheep for sale. Why not? Because smart selling is about building a reputation and creating a market for your sheep. In this episode we explore the pros and cons for each selling option that we have for sheep, including lambs, ewes and rams. Let me know what option works for you and why! Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab ! https:...
Nov 29, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! This time of year we all need to make some tough decisions on culling sheep. So how do you know what to cull, what can help you to make confident decisions which will help the future of your flock. In this episode we explore at what to look for when culling ewes and lambs as well as rams. Happy culling! Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab ! https://www.buzz...
Nov 23, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Welcome to season 2 of The Sheep Show Podcast! In this episode on weaning we explore the following: - Why we wean? -What exactly is weaning lambs? -When to wean? - How to wean? - Issues/concerns and pros and cons of early and late weaning. We also explore a hybrid method of weaning! Enjoy this first episode of season 2! Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab !...
Nov 16, 2020•34 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Meet Eve Girdwood, another amazing young sheeppreneur! Eve is in year 12 at Notre Dam College in Shepperton (Victoria). Fof her year 12 Design & Technology project she decides she will make a coat. This is her story and the challenges of making a garment from wool in Australia. Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab ! https://www.buzzsprout.com/954910/supp...
Sep 29, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Erin Douglas is in year 12, not even finished high school yet and she has have already achieved so much in her agricultural career. She has been state winner of the 2019 Merino fleece and meat sheep competition, stud master at Moralla Stud, captain at Flinders College in the ag program at school, and she was winning competitions as a 12 year old too. She is now embarking on a series of international events to encourage youth in sheep. ...
Sep 21, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So we marked our lambs on the weekend - you did what?? What exactly is marking lambs, why do we do it, how do we do it, what do you need to do it, when do you do it and what can go wrong! Learn about our marking set up, equipment and our challenges with marking in this episode! Happy marking! Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab ! https://www.buzzsprout.com/...
Sep 14, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! There is nothing quite like shopping for sheep and shopping for rams is always good fun, filled with optimism and opportunity so in this episode we explore: What do you need in a new ram? What are your breeding objectives? When do you need a new ram? What genetic elements does your ram bring to your flock? Who do you join your ram with? What ram health aspects do you need to be aware of? How to get your ram ready for joining? What to d...
Sep 07, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So you have lambs on the ground and you are over the stress of sleepless nights and the peak lambing period so what now? Are we out of the woods or can things still go wrong? In this episode we explore aspects of lamb health from 2 weeks old to weaning. Including: What growth rates should I be getting from my lambs? How to manage the health of your lambs from two weeks old to weaning What diseases can lambs get as they are growing? Wha...
Aug 31, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Volume 4 of the lambing diaries and the learning journey continues! - Heat cycle and the magic day 17- - Interverted eyelids in lambs - Udder health - what does a good one look like and feel like - Freemartin ewes - Who lambs first and last - Lamb survival to weaning and the 60/20 rule - Full cycles versus false or first heat cycles - Managing the mud - how to reduce the mud baths and increase the the pasture through tillering (a shoot...
Aug 24, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! In the third installment of the lambing diaries we learn that three feet and PJs don't mix! We also explore: - How long does a ewe take to bond with her newborn lamb - Why maidens drop last - Why lambs eat dirt - Sheep udder health - Saving a ewe - Dealing with bloat in bottle fed lambs - What licks to give your lambs - How to imprint the rumen in young lambs Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extr...
Aug 17, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Well into lambing what have we learned? What tricks have we used and what miracle have we been able to perform with little lamb lives. This lambing diary log explores: The power of Vitamin C The tales of triplets A fox update Dealing with prolapses and some bush vet work Hybrid bottle feeding method Recording ewe performance Recording lamb data at birth A lesson about not waiting to intervene Support the show Want more! Want to show us...
Aug 10, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! How the first two weeks of lambing has gone - learnings, reflections and challenges. Key areas explored: How to move ewes and lambs. Lamb survival Lamb recovery position Lamb starvation True and false heat Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab ! https://www.buzzsprout.com/954910/supporters/new...
Aug 03, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Meet the Thomas family from Cavendish, Western Victoria! On Saturday July 25 they ran Australia's first all breed Virtual Sheep Show! The Sheep Show Podcast got to be a special guest! Despite hundred of agricultural shows, events and field days being cancelled due to COVID19 sheep breeders show their true colours by participating in the Rona show. The SILK Southdown Rona Virtual Sheep Show was held live on Facebook on July 25. It was a...
Jul 27, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What is the ugly side of lambing? What are the serious diseases that can cause abortions in ewes? What diseases can affect your ewes during times of high stress time such a pre-lambing and lactation? How can you prevent these issues? What treatments can you use if you find you have any of these issues with your sheep? In this episode, the first in a series of lambing diaries, we explore metabolic diseases in sheep – pregnancy toxemia o...
Jul 20, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Meet Brett the Vet from GV Vets in Shepperton (Northern Victoria)! Brett Davis takes us to lambing 2.0 – what to do when ewe need help! All the things to be prepared for and what to do when things don’t go according to ewer plan when lambing.! Together we Brett we explore: What percentages of ewes lamb normally and without assistance? What is the most common issue with lambing/most common lambing difficulty? The correlation between lam...
Jul 12, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Welcome to the first of many podcast episodes over the next few weeks on lambing. In this episode we explore how most lambs present, normal presentation. We look at pre, during and post lambing aspects that account for 95% of the lambs born. In Lambing 101 we cover: Sheep gestation What sort of protein/feed requirements do pregnant and lactation ewes have How to tell if a sheep is pregnant What is 'bagging up'? How to tell if a sheep i...
Jul 05, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What does your lamb taste like? This was a question that led Katie and her family to start Linners Lamb, their cut and pack or paddock to plate business. Katie and her husband run 130 Wiltshire Horn ewes on their farm near Bacchus Marsh in Victoria. They have been marketing and selling their lamb direct to consumers for three years. Katie shares her journey with us in this episode as well as the benefits of embarking on a cut and pack ...
Jun 25, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! In this episode I take the podcast from our sheep yards to our kitchen table with Geoff Davey! We sit down and record a pre-dinner sheep podcast after scanning sheep and selling a few sheep during our day together at Hallston Valley Farm. We find out that spending all day with sheep is a normal day for Geoff and that is just the way he likes it! Together we explore: What is muscle scanning in sheep? Why do we muscle scan our sheep? Ben...
Jun 21, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Lions and tigers and bears oh my! All countries have challenges with predators preying on sheep and lambs and the USA has some of the biggest challenges. In this episode we learn strategies to protect our flock from a pro! Crystal, her husband and their boys run Emsoff Livestock Company in Chilcott California (near the Nevada border), focusing on show lambs, Dorpers, Hampshires and livestock guardian dogs (LGD). Crystal is a first gene...
Jun 14, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Nick Lawrence founded Pinnacle Suffolk stud in 1996 with the purchase of 20 Suffolk ewes from Burwood and Urrbrae High School. Since then we have introduced leading AI sires including Alkoomie 305, Mt Ronan 276, Burwood Hurricane 1076 and NZ Coleford Sires. In 2011 Stuart Staude joined in partnership with Nick & Holly to form the basis of the White Suffolk stud with the purchase of ewes from Burwood's dispersal sale and a number of...
Jun 05, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What an honour to interview David Smith, the world's first scientist to develop a vaccine for a worm in any host! David is a qualified Vet, who grew up in South Africa and lives in Scotland. He has a PHD on sheep immunology and since 1975 has studied worms in sheep and how sheep have become immune to worm infections. This research has been done at the Moredun Institute, a farmer owned and led research institution. https://www.moredun.o...
May 30, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Gary knows grass! At 19 he was growing grass on a golf course as a turf horticulturalist! Since then he has read every book, research paper and follows all the grass youtubers that exist! Albrecht, Voisin, Greg Judy, Joel Salatin, Gaye Brown, Pat Coleby, Colin Seis and Allan Savory are his main influences. For the last four and a half years Gary has been putting it all into practice and growing his own grass on Hallston Valley Farm and...
May 24, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What data should you track? What farm data are you legally obliged to record? What decisions can data and statistics help you make? What tools can you use to record data? What to record when you are lambing? What statistics help you monitor the performance of your ewes and rams? What can help you make an informed culling decision? Are stats everything? Where does a good sheep come into the picture? And what on earth has Sienna Williams...
May 17, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Just how painful is it to get your tail docked? What are the animal welfare laws around tail docking? How can we, as ethical sheep breeders, make this practice and lamb castration more numbing for lambs? In this podcast, with product design engineer Robin Smith we learn about how one man's passion for user centered design has led to a new way of doing things in the sheep industry. This new approach benefits our lambs, ourselves and any...
May 07, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What are the benefits of breeding wool sheep? What can wool tell you about a sheep's health? What are the different types of wool sheep? What does wool offer us? Learn more about wool from the Godfather of Sheep and all round Aussie legend Gavin Wall! You can contact Gavin Wall at gavin.wall@iinet.net.au. Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab ! https://www.bu...
May 02, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Agricultural like many other industries is very fond of TLAs and FLAs - that's Three Letter Acronyms and Four/Five Letter Acronyms!! Demystify the mire of legal obligations in this episode which introduces you to what you need to know and do in your country when you own, sell, buy or move sheep. So whether you are a shepherd in Canada, United States of America, Ireland, Australia, United Kingdom or Europe this podcast will help you kno...
May 01, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Jason O'Loghlin (O'Loghlin Wiltshire Horn Stud) and Jill's sheep mentor shares his tips and strategies for buying sheep, selecting breeding stock and rams, breeding a consistent line and his love of loin chops! How to avoid the rookie mistakes people make when buying sheep! What to look for when you are buying sheep? What age sheep to buy if you a first timer buyer or wanting to improve your stud/flock? What do rams really cost you!? Y...
Apr 26, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Can you learn sheep skills formally? In this episode the inspiring siblings of sheep share their learning journey. It started with their high school agricultural program at Tintern Grammar School in Melbourne and now continues with their studies at the University of New England in New South Wales. They share their sheep secrets, who has influenced and who has helped them to learn. Age is no barrier to learning to sheep well! Find Olivi...
Apr 21, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What apps can help you in your sheep enterprise! Learn about phone applications that can help you with our sheep breeding, planning and farming. All applications are available for apple and android devices. Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab ! https://www.buzzsprout.com/954910/supporters/new...
Apr 14, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Finally revealed the 'top secret' secrets to breeding sheep! How much is down to environment? Where do genetics fit in? What about ram health? How do I know my ewes are ready to join? What do I need to do to prepare for lambing? What health indicators do I need to know to breed and farm healthy sheep? Top Secret Sheep Secrets - What you need to know about breeding sheep!! 1. 30% Genetic or heritability 70% nutrition/feed/environment 2....
Apr 09, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 4
