A look at our lambing shed in action, Innovative Sheep Breeding.

A walk around the Innovative Sheep Breeding flock lambing. This is the system that helps breed superior performing sheep.
Have a look at the website www.innovative-sheep-breeding... for more information.

[@mantrafiscus]

You can't beat being organised. All look very well cared for and contented.

[@danielanthuber647]

Nice Flock, you`re job with the sheep is very disciplined. Iàm a german sheep service provider (Pregnancy scanner, hoof care, shearing)

[@kimgilson7903]

Lovely lambing operation . Very informative video. Thanks for sharing.

[@alvexok5523]

I noticed when the sheep were looking straight at the camera, I saw that sheep can definitely see straight ahead, I remember hearing how sheep can almost see behind them without turning their heads, and I realized how sheep really do have wider vision range than us. I also remember though, that sheep have a blind spot right in their middle range. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if we look straight ahead at a door and the walls on either side of it, we see the door and the walls. But with a sheep, they can see the two walls on either side of the door but can not see the door. The door is in their blind spot, and that is because of sheep's eyes almost to the side of their face and a wider space between their eyes than we've got. But to make up for it, they can see further back than us, also due to their eyes almost to the sides of their face. But their eyes are close enough towards the front to where they can see straight ahead, except for their blind spot in the middle. But they can still see us if we're standing in front of them, I could see that by the way they looked at the camera, they saw you filming them. Except for the middle part of you? Correct me if I'm wrong about anything I've said

[@annvilakazi3582]

Thanks for the information every step of the way

[@zahidbhat1732]

I want to watch more videos related sheep industry , especially big merino rams and their lambs

[@innovativesheepbreeding4731]

Many thanks for the compliment.

[@ratking_c24]

I’d really like to know where you got your pens/panels, they look really strong and easy to put together!!

[@annabarham155]

I noticed some pens look a bit small for some of them. Are they big enough for them to move about much?

[@joelbruneski6486]

Hi, nice setup. You mentioned your computer records, what program do you use?

[@innovativesheepbreeding4731]

FarmIT3000 by Bordersoftware. www.bordersoftware.com A really good software for managing sheep breeding. Made for the UK , so some features are country-specific in terms of regulation, but that doesn't stop you from using it for data recording and analysis.

[@innovativesheepbreeding4731]

The equipment is IAE, iae.co.uk . It has stood up very well. I am looking at possibly lambing outdoors and using the shed to overwinter and create a head of grass. Going off-farm for cheap overwintering is fraught with Biosecurity issues.

[@sportsandfitness317]

You are from which country

[@Chuck_Wheat]

Where do you buy your lambing pens/sorting system? I am looking to make a lambing barn and a new sorting system and trying to find a reliable/adapdable brand.

[@andywhf8249]

Hi brilliant video as usual , would be interested in your feed rations and what you think about feeding hay or haylage or silage and what you mix with the tmr? Can you make TMR with haylage , I’ve only got 250 ewes but want to try making my own ration rather than feeding nuts

[@innovativesheepbreeding4731]

Thanks for your comments. I feed silage with a mineral pack plus milled barley and SoyPass (a protected soya product), the last two tweaked towards the start of lambing. TMR is very labour efficient but capital expensive and very healthy for the ewes. If the silage/ haylage is too dry it doesn't mix as well and tends to separate more. The silage doesn't need to be cattle dry matter levels thought. I use a tub mix which can handle round or square big bales but mostly use an Agbag, which if done right is better than clamp or bale.

[@andywhf8249]

@@innovativesheepbreeding4731 would you ever do a video on your mixing ration would be interested to see , also I know it sounds a bit rough but would one of those large paddle cement mixer on the back of tractor mix TMR up sufficiently do you think ? Just thinking outside the box of how to mix it without forking out for a kheena Many thank

[@joshuab5943]

how long do you keep them in the mothering pens?

[@innovativesheepbreeding4731]

Depends on the pressure sometimes only 24 hours, generally no longer than 48 hours unless there is a problem or we have had to relocate a lamb, which I still record and track.

[@stephencrawford3266]

Nice

[@nataliehegarty6844]

Stephen Crawford ii

[@tamer-tu5jk]

Lamping this dropper?

[@towseeftowseef2056]

I want some sheep's for breeding please help me

[@uvote6604]

which race ?

[@innovativesheepbreeding4731]

Lleyns with white faces. New Zealand Suffolks with black faces.

[@alvexok5523]

@@innovativesheepbreeding4731 , I noticed how there are many different breeds of sheep. This is what I've learned about different types of sheep, correct me if I'm wrong on any of this. There are all white or white face and white wool (most common kind too, right?), there's white wool with black face, and both black face and black wool. Then some sheep are shorter, stocky, and rotund looking, and others are longer and slender. Some sheep have longer, more narrow faces than others. Some are white with black spots on their face. Then some are hair sheep. And then there's wild sheep like the big horned sheep and big horned Agari in Tibet is it? One thing that all of the different types of sheep have in common, the males are called rams, females are ewes, and the young are called lambs with every single breed of sheep, domestic and wild, right?

[@DreamAngel1967]

You've got to many sheep in your pins they're crowded. And the mothers that you have with the baby lambs they don't even have enough room to hardly lay down dirty water bowls sheep belong outside cruelty to keep them like you're keeping them.

[@innovativesheepbreeding4731]

You are either an animal rights activist or have no idea what you are talking about. These sheep are kept at the very highest standards.

[@lukephillips5206]

@Dreamangel1967 you probably don’t even have a farm so how would u know how many sheep to put in a pen if you put them straight out the lambs might die

[@charliejlavery]

Yeah, you dont know what you're talking about.

[@charliejlavery]

That shed isnt even near capacity, please dont comment with accusations like this when you have zero idea what you're talking about.