Sheep Terminology - The Accidental Smallholder
Livestock Sheep Terminology As a very ancient craft, sheep-keeping has developed a language all of its own. This can be a bit bamboozling for newcomers. It is further complicated by …
An Introduction to Keeping Sheep - The Accidental Smallholder
An introduction to getting started with keeping sheep, covering the basics of selecting a breed, buying stock, housing,
Ideas for designing sheep pens in barn please - The Accidental …
May 19, 2011 · I'm about to build permenant sheep pens in the open sided barn, main use will be for lambing. I'm thinking three sections: in lamb ewes, ewes about to lamb (each penned sep) …
Raising sheep for meat - The Accidental Smallholder
Aug 16, 2023 · Raising sheep for meatAs said above, most of your questions are breed dependent, but most ewes lamb for the first time at 2 years, so go to the ram in the autumn …
Preparing for lambing - The Accidental Smallholder
About two weeks before the first lambs are due, it’s time to start preparing for lambing. Mothering pens Whether you are lambing inside or outside, it’s a sound idea to build some “mothering …
Land and fencing for sheep - The Accidental Smallholder
The type of netting for sheep has smaller holes at the bottom and bigger holes higher up (remember to put it the right way up) – the smaller holes stop lambs getting through and adult …
Livestock - The Accidental Smallholder
Common convention says gardening becomes smallholding when you add some sort of livestock. In this section we look at the main livestock options for smallholders, from poultry through to …
Weaning lambs from ewes - The Accidental Smallholder
May 21, 2020 · * have a couple of older sheep with them to be "aunties". Maybe ewes without lambs, or last year's lambs, or a couple of ewes with lambs who don't need to be speaned …
Milking sheep - The Accidental Smallholder
Sep 29, 2016 · Growing loads of fruits and vegetables! Raising dairy goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits on 1/2 acre in the middle of the city of Leicester, using permaculture methods.
Sheep poo - The Accidental Smallholder
Jun 19, 2017 · Growing loads of fruits and vegetables! Raising dairy goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits on 1/2 acre in the middle of the city of Leicester, using permaculture methods.