Oh really, that’s unfortunate. We found they worked really well. The calf is able to stay alongside with its mom which reduced the stress on both animals. If we can leave them together while weaning then they were much more content.

They are old hog feeders and yes a flex auger is actually connected. Not sure if it shows in this video but some of the other videos show how it runs from a feed bin outside the coverall and flows automatically to feeders.

Do you have an issue with your sheep?

Hi

Great question! Recently I watched a video on how to cook lamb by Jamie Oliver. He discussed interesting points about how the different types of lamb cuts are best cooked to ensure the flavour is delicious. The method it’s cooked can improve and impact how strong tasting it is. The conversation then described that some countries (not all) were highly discouraging people from eating lamb. So, many people (not all) did stop eating lamb meat. The point to this is; that because we are unaccustomed to lamb meat, we have not developed the taste for it, many of us struggle to cook it successfully because we don’t experience it regularly and this could be reason for why many describe it to be strong tasting. Thanks for asking 😀

@@ambryacres Thank you. Now do Canadians eat more lamb than Americans and how is it usually prepared in Canada, most popular way to eat it?

Canada is multi cultural and many cultures are eating lamb. The market is expanding in Canada as is sheep farming. There’s many manners to consider when cooking lamb. We BBQ chops and mix ground lamb with beef to make delicious burgers. Then top them with feta cheese, red onion and cucumber slices. Personally I prefer this mix as I too find the taste to be strong. Mixing it with beef and cooking the burgers on BBQ makes for a milder flavour. These types of burgers can also be topped with the similar topping of an all beef hamburger. I have offered a few people in my family this mix of burger and not mentioned the lamb meat and they didn’t question what was in it nor did they dislike it 👍

Thanks for reaching out! We feel that the lambs have grown adequately. This year lambs were weaned in average weighing about 50 lbs. We try to balance the impact on the ewes at time of weaning and try to maintain a good body condition both with ewe and lamb. This year we began selling lambs weighing minimum weight of 65 lbs so this allows time for the lamb to be weaned prior to selling. Hope this helps explain our process

We are renting the coveralls. They were not being used by the owner so unfortunately I am not able to answer your questions. We had inquired on pricing a few years ago but the prices have dramatically changed. Good luck with your project 🙏

They clearly don’t care about their animals

​@@OfficialBexPerhaps, the paint has no harmful chemicals?

No it’s safe to use. It’s water based

@officialbex no that’s 100% not true. This is a common practice used by many sheep farmers and it is a step taken because we do in fact care about our livestock. We would not be livestock farming if we didn’t care about the wellbeing of our animals.

@@ambryacres Great to know this. Thank you.

It’s possible. We tend to pull any extra lambs from the mama and feed by milk machine or bottle. We only leave two lambs to feed from mama’s to ensure they get adequate feed and to not put too much strain on the ewe as this could negatively impact her body condition. This approach seems to work well for our setup. 😀

Suffolk crossed and Rideau X Dorset

Yes she was fine and lambed successfully ♥️