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I have a management app on my phone that I use. It is nice to have it with me to use as I need.

Amazing that you have it right there. Wonderful to be able to keep track of everything.

I don't understand your comment. Stopping bottles is similar to removing the lamb from the mother. As long as they are eating solid food well and have other lambs for company it works well. We supplement them with a bottle until we think they are able to get proper nutrition through solid food alone. Thanks for your comment.

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We have fantastic neighbors/friends who have a small farm about 5 miles from us. They watch over everything while we are away. Very dependable and much appreciated!

It was a great trip!

A quick trip, but thoroughly enjoyed!

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Thanks Craig. It hit him really fast so, not much chance to intervene. He never has been quite right. He was a slow grower so I'm thinking he may have had other issues internally. As the saying goes, if you have livestock, you will have dead stock. It's only our first loss so, not too bad.

@@markstamm272 These are our first white Dorpers. I would say 85 to 90% are very good to excellent shedders. Only 2 were bad. They do well with forage based program and produce a very nice light market lamb. They are not like the traditional breeds so we had to adjust our expectations. I think they will work well in our program of direct marketing off our farm. We'll keep you posted

@@norwalfarm well I'm probably not in the best farming environment. Steep hills lots of rock never have to trim feet , ive fenced off huge paddocks ,and rotate before needed. Plus I did notice the Wooley ones shivered in extreme cold. My mind couldn't process that and assumed I was imagining it. Till I saw video with lady saying the Wooley ones can't shake off the snow and it melts down into their wool, but the more hairy less Wooley ones just shake it off. I also should admit I culled a lot of katadins, before I tried crossing dorper in. So I have probably already created a breed for my program. Now that I've been in sheep awhile I think that dorpers are not as fluid in there movement as katadin or the breeds they run in idaho, even the Suffolk seem more agile. I'm still thinking and hopefully learning. But seems to me dorpers are a feedlot breed?

Dorpers are not feedlot sheep. They are ideal for forage-based programs. You can give grain, but they generally get too fat. I recommend you look at White Clover Sheep Farm website, Ulf Kinzel, in New York State. We got our Dorpers from him. He never feeds grain and markets the lambs at 80 to 90 pounds off pasture. Check out his website.

@@norwalfarm well I guess what I meant was if I started with dorpers and culled them as harshly as I have katadins. Maybe I would like them. But at this point not going backwards. To many dorper breeders out there saying they need to be sheared and not parasite restitant.. that being said I just bought 6 1/4 dorper crosses. Part of my disappointment might be that I can see they are not going to thrive in my environment and have way more wool. Bought as 2 mo th old weaned lambs.??I'm done dorpers are false advertising. I'm still creating my katadins but have a line of large framed ones and their lambs are superior to the rest of mine. I guess what I. Trying to suggest is you can create what you desire out of any breed. But pedigree don't mean nothing if been in the wrong hands! Maybe your dorpers are great but I saw in video many that I would cull..

@@norwalfarm watch videos compare fluidity of movement. I'm not a flat lander and I'm not saying mine will have as high a weight gain in your environment. What I am saying is they suck in mine. Trying my 4th different strains of dorper! Cause yeah I like the way they look. Just don't do good here till back down to quarter blood. Hey but maybe why mine are better than the average katadin! IDK just cull what don't thrive here

Thanks Dana!

We have 30 (10 adults and 20 kids) goats and 56 sheep (28 adults and 28 lambs)

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@@craigpacker7171 Thanks Craig. We are very pleased with the quality over all. The 2 ram lambs we are selling for breeding stock are especially nice. There is about a month spread from oldest to youngest. 4 youngest lambs are still nursing for another 2 1/2 weeks.

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Thanks, we are enjoying the process but eager to see it finished!

You're most welcome. Thanks for the comment.

Originally our general contractor had said November. Now he is thinking October. We don't have a specific date. However, considering we broke ground August 16, 2023, we are making great progress.

Thanks, we hope for a Lillie miracle as well but realistically we doubt she will return. We are very busy now with prepping to make hay (weather permitting), continuing to wean the balance of the lambs, and continual work on our new home. We anticipate moving in sometime in October. Lots to do before then!!!

He acts like he has!

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Thanks Louise, we can really notice a difference in the pastures since last year. The grazing, fertilizing, and keeping weeds mowed has really paid off. It takes about 3-5 years to get a pasture to where we want it. We may interseed some additional grasses and legumes in the reclaimed pastures late summer, early fall.

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for commenting!

Thanks Cindy, goats are very interesting animals indeed. We have a great variety of birds on our property, the wetlands really add to the variety.

You have to respect Mother Nature! We are supposed to get the catch basin in place tomorrow for the drain but more rain again Friday. we will have to repair/replace all the gravel. Since that photo it has expanded to 4 feet deep and feet wide. Half the drive washed into the hayfield. Just have to keep at it.

Thanks Craig. The does and our buck are really thin, I think due to a need for copper bolus again. I have them ordered but they are yet to arrive. We'll get there!

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Thanks, we hope to get Lillie but we have our doubts.

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The rotational grazing is really working well this year. Last year, it worked too but we had a severe drought. I think the rotational grazing helped us to get through that dry period.

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Thanks, we are really glad we chose the quarter sawn oak. It adds so much dimension to the grain and looks really nice!

Thanks, it's great watching it all come together!

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Thank you. We can't compliment the assembled team for this project enough! Everyone, architect, general contractor, and subcontractors have been true craftsmen and a pleasure to work with. Everyone has brought attention to detail to their task with the ideo of how their work will be received by the next people on the project. The head stone mason put it this way that everyone working on our house all have the same job.....................to get us into our home. Great attitude!!

We discovered that with our dogs. We kept our older set in the basement for the dog laundry (and farm laundry) when we got a new set. It has worked really well and makes sense to us. Thanks for your comment.

We purchased a larger trap to use and put it in a new location. The downside of this is that she is still ranging in a fairly large area, so it is difficult to know where to place the trap. We have sightings reported to us about every 3 or 4 days. As it warms up, she likely rests during the day and travels at night. We are still trying but I am less hopeful about getting her back. Thanks for asking.

Thanks. A bit too much rain right now as it's too wet to finish planting and to harvest hay.

It's all such a balancing act. Hoping you can get your hay harvested next week. We Missed the huge downpours you got. The weather really figures in to so much in everyone's lives.

Absolutely and great at clearing brush!

Thanks, he is doing well, overcoming his setbacks. He is always on the lookout for us!

Our pleasure!

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Yes, we are encouraged a bit more now that she seems to be in a certain area. This has taken on a life of it's own on Facebook. We are very grateful to the community which has been very supportive and have been emailing us sightings on a regular basis. One person loaned us the use of the live trap and the farmer gave us permission to set the trap on his farm. Hopefully she is home by Memorial Day!