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Barking Rock Farm: April 2010
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Girard, pa, United States. Shepherds and breeders of Jacob Sheep and Barbados Blackbelly Sheep since 1986! We are a small, family-owned and operated farm. View my complete profile. April 11, 2010. Barbados Blackbelly Lambs Available. We now have a few select Blackbelly lambs on the ground. They will be weaning age in early May, and may be reserved now. Check our online saleslist at http:/ www.barkingrock.com/sheep4sale.htm. Update 5/6/10 - one ewe lamb left this year! When is a lamb first shorn? I came a...
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Barking Rock Farm: May 2010
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Girard, pa, United States. Shepherds and breeders of Jacob Sheep and Barbados Blackbelly Sheep since 1986! We are a small, family-owned and operated farm. View my complete profile. May 7, 2010. Email from Charles - a new potential shepherd - and some answers. There are dozens upon dozens of breeds available in the USA. I can pretty much guarantee you that every breeder will tell you his or her breed is the best! I urge you to talk to various breeders, and ask them why. A few details to keep in mind:.
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Barking Rock Farm: How Can I Tell When My Ewes Will Lamb?
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Girard, pa, United States. Shepherds and breeders of Jacob Sheep and Barbados Blackbelly Sheep since 1986! We are a small, family-owned and operated farm. View my complete profile. July 10, 2010. How Can I Tell When My Ewes Will Lamb? My 2 ewes are looking very close to lambing. Their udders have swollen nicely. How can I tell how close they are? We bought them pregnant. And you will be able to express a little bit of milk. Barking Rock's Jewelry Available on Etsy.com.
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Barking Rock Farm: Sheep & Fruit Trees
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Girard, pa, United States. Shepherds and breeders of Jacob Sheep and Barbados Blackbelly Sheep since 1986! We are a small, family-owned and operated farm. View my complete profile. April 10, 2010. Sheep and Fruit Trees. From a recent email correspondence. I came across your site and I was very thankful to read. I am wondering, do sheep typically eat the bark of fruit trees? I have a flock of sheep and I would like to put them in the orchard to keep the grass down, but don't want them to damage the trees.
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Barking Rock Farm: When is a lamb first shorn?
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Girard, pa, United States. Shepherds and breeders of Jacob Sheep and Barbados Blackbelly Sheep since 1986! We are a small, family-owned and operated farm. View my complete profile. April 11, 2010. When is a lamb first shorn? Please tell me when a lamb is born, are they born with some fleece already or are they naked? After birth, how long can the sheep be shorn for their wool? How long it will take for the fleece to be fully grown before another shearing is needed? How long can you store a wool clip for?
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Barking Rock Farm: Barbados Blackbelly Lambs Available
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Girard, pa, United States. Shepherds and breeders of Jacob Sheep and Barbados Blackbelly Sheep since 1986! We are a small, family-owned and operated farm. View my complete profile. April 11, 2010. Barbados Blackbelly Lambs Available. We now have a few select Blackbelly lambs on the ground. They will be weaning age in early May, and may be reserved now. Check our online saleslist at http:/ www.barkingrock.com/sheep4sale.htm. Update 5/6/10 - one ewe lamb left this year! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Barking Rock Farm: October 2009
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Girard, pa, United States. Shepherds and breeders of Jacob Sheep and Barbados Blackbelly Sheep since 1986! We are a small, family-owned and operated farm. View my complete profile. October 30, 2009. If I have one or two females and two males will that lead to fighting? A It's pretty typical to keep a group of males together during non-breeding season, and it usually works out ok. Wethers (castrated males) will sometimes fight, as of course do intact males; but unless there's something serious to figh...
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Barking Rock Farm: Email from Charles - a new potential shepherd - and some answers
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Girard, pa, United States. Shepherds and breeders of Jacob Sheep and Barbados Blackbelly Sheep since 1986! We are a small, family-owned and operated farm. View my complete profile. May 7, 2010. Email from Charles - a new potential shepherd - and some answers. There are dozens upon dozens of breeds available in the USA. I can pretty much guarantee you that every breeder will tell you his or her breed is the best! I urge you to talk to various breeders, and ask them why. A few details to keep in mind:.
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Barking Rock Farm: November 2010
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Girard, pa, United States. Shepherds and breeders of Jacob Sheep and Barbados Blackbelly Sheep since 1986! We are a small, family-owned and operated farm. View my complete profile. November 22, 2010. If I can push him with my leg on his side, he backs off. Many times ignoring him, he will back off; but if we are head on he will not. My granddaughter he goes after all the time, but as a baby (first 5 weeks he was here by himself, no other lambs and in the house) she was his playmate. What can I do? We som...
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Barking Rock Farm: Lambs Won't Nurse!
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Girard, pa, United States. Shepherds and breeders of Jacob Sheep and Barbados Blackbelly Sheep since 1986! We are a small, family-owned and operated farm. View my complete profile. November 22, 2010. A chilled lamb usually has no interest in food. If that's the case, the first order of business is to warm the lamb up by whatever means you can (e.g. hair dryer, immersion in warm water, etc.). You can try tube-feeding the lamb warmed colostrum or warm dextrose (NOT cold milk or replacer!