How to Train Sheep to Come to You | How to Get Sheep to Like You | Petting Sheep on the Homestead

[@bartboesten]

I grew up in the country in the Netherlands. God bless you son. May God give you so much loving animals. Sheep are aussum friends. Greetings from Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Europe.

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

They sure can be! God bless you brother!

[@weissmannacosta7277]

Thank you we just got our first sheep this video will help out so much

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

You are so very welcome! What kind of sheep did you get?

[@weissmannacosta7277]

A shropshire

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

Well, just about any type of live stock loves a tasty treat and will do anything to get it 😜🤪😝!!! I can’t wait to hear about your progress! God bless you!!!

[@weissmannacosta7277]

@@OurFruitfulFamily I’m going to get some treats it’s only our second day

[@BubbaMoon2014]

@@OurFruitfulFamily one of sheep is pet able

[@TheHeritageBride]

What a great idea. Get down to their level and feed.

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

We sure do love it! Don’t know many people with pastured sheep that’ll come when you call like that. It’s a great feeling.

[@benburns5995]

Great video, recently found your channel and really enjoy your content.

[@tom-mo-]

Careful making friends with the ram. I did and now when he comes running I don’t know if he wants his ear scratched or to break my knees. When they reach 200 + lbs they have some force behind them.

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

Oh I’m well aware of that! I’ve heard the stories from close friends. I plan to be friendly with him but definitely not fully trust him enough to turn my back on him 😜. And im definitely much more cautious with our kiddos now that the ram is in there. Thank you so much for the advice and for watching! God bless you Tom!

[@augdaman735]

Well if it’s a saint croix sheep then it’s nice my ram called rooster never rams us

[@mattm7454]

Just be a bit careful with grass pellets. If fed dry they can swell up in their mouth and can choke. Happened to us a few times and I know some people who have had sheep die that way. We always soak our pellets in water for an hour or two first.

[@isabelle7321]

Sheep are hungry , God Bless You Farmer, In Lord Jesus Name

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

God bless you sister!

[@karendaw340]

I like your gentle way with your lambs. Thanks for sharing, we just got three 14 week old girl lambs yesterday. I'm hoping ours can eventually be as freindly and trusting . Karen from Newzealand. By the way love your accent are you anywhere near Kentucky

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

We live in Arkansas. Originally from Louisiana.

[@gerrilondot9038]

Hi, I'm getting a couple ewes and a ram this weekend. They're 5 months old. I'm curious how old the ones in this video are.

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

They were 6 months old!

[@gerrilondot9038]

@@OurFruitfulFamily Thank you so much. I've been researching St Croix.The information you have shared.reinforces my decision. And they're just so darn cute.whats not to love about this breed!🌼🌿

[@ShepherdsCreek]

I wonder if we will be able to do this when we get our sheep... I'm a little worried because they are Jacob sheep and have pretty intense horns haha

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

I would definitely be a little less comfortable if mine had horns ha ha. Also, you should be less comfortable around any Rams whether they have horns or not. Depending on how well you trust them, I might would at least stand up and not necessarily sit down around them, especially at first. I don’t do this all of the time, I was just sitting down mainly to show how quickly they were able to start being tamed. One thing I will say is that if you want to keep them tamed, you need to be doing this a lot.

[@ShepherdsCreek]

@@OurFruitfulFamily we are only getting ewes for now and I plan to be out with them at least a couple of hours every day through the summer if I can

[@ShepherdsCreek]

Fingers crossed! I'm not sure how friendly and how much they've been handled yet but I'll have to shear them at some point so they'll have to be at least somewhat comfortable around me at some point haha

[@jenhoful]

Did you do this once per week or everyday?

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

I would do this often as possible when you first get them.

[@amberandnorth7220]

My dad got a sheep so we could kill it and everytime my dad gets one i try so hard to bond with it everytike my dad gets sheep i thought we were keeping them and id forgot i would even eat them but i always cry its heart breaking get something and not keeping it 😢

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

It is certainly a learning experience… not the easiest thing to do at first

[@sinsinnomore5555]

@@OurFruitfulFamily maybe that should tell you something. Most lamb meat is for non American cuisine anyways or dog food.....don't ya know?

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

...Lamb meat is one of the best meats I've ever eaten. Lamb chops taste nearly identical to filet mignon when cooked on the grill. Certainly not dog food. Now, there is a difference between lamb meat and mutton (mature sheep). Mutton is less desirable where I am from, but even then, people all over the globe eat both and consider it to be fine cuisine. Can dogs eat it too? Of course. I will say however that at the price per pound of lamb (way higher than beef), there is zero chance that my dog will get to eat any of it, but the scraps of course. God bless you.@@sinsinnomore5555

[@sinsinnomore5555]

@@OurFruitfulFamily I know all that...My point is Americans don't eat a lot of veal, they don't eat baby sheep...However, the meat industry has tried to make lamb meat replace beef as an healthy alternative in the past decades. At the same time commercial dog foods have promoted lamb for dogs too. Now you have started to raise lamb for what industry? If it is for Americans then you are mainly supplying other cultures with meat because they will not consume the beef America has been known for raising. Most lambs are butchered for the foreigner's restaurants or exported to these cultures or used by dog food companies. If sheep were a real commodity consumed by Americans for the past centuries, we would have mutton recipes that out rival any Scott. But we don't so the only option is to promote and kill baby sheep, correct? I know a beef farmer with over a 2000 head and her cows graze in pastures for 8 years before she sells them to butcher for meat and hides....That is the way most people in American culture want the animals treated, not do that to babies for gyros and kid gloves. God bless y'all.

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

To be clear, i raise them on a small scale... for our own consumption. Do I sell some? Sure. Not much though. We have scaled down a lot since this video. I suppose I'm a little unsure of your point and of what it is that you are getting at. We raise them because we enjoy the meat. They are usually processed at 1 year of age, which is about 80lbs. They are by no means "little baby sheep" when we kill them. As for the mothers, they live a long, long time. Same for the Rams that are for breeding stock. What is slaughtered are the rams that are not used for breeding stock. They are for our freezer. @@sinsinnomore5555

[@willschutz3544]

What breed of sheep are they

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

We raise St. Croix!

[@debbieweathersbee7029]

A plastic bucket will work just as good sir. Just for those that doesn't want to invest in a metal bucket. Just shack the bucket really well and we say com'on just like I'm calling my cows. If you are looking for any more sheep sir I have around 400+ and will be lambing soon.. God Bless You and your family. God Bless America 🇺🇸 P.s. we all have to learn in our own ways with our own sheep so I give you credit for what you are doing sir..

[@OurFruitfulFamily]

Ha ha! I’m sure the plastic bucket would work just as good! I just so happen to be at the farm store and they had the stainless ones on clearance for seven bucks! Thought I might as well get a stainless one in case I need another sterile bucket for some thing one day. What kind of sheep do you have? Where are you located? Our plan as of now is to purchase a ram soon to breed all of these ladies and start building our flock up from there. Trying to build our flock as economical as possible. I totally agree that we all have to learn how to handle our sheep in whatever type of predicament God places us in. This happened to work really good for us. Also, we currently have no Rams so I am not too worried about sitting down and being surrounded by a bunch of sheep. God bless you Debbie and your family! Thank you so much for watching! I look forward to hearing back from you!