Making the tough decisions!

[@sandpiperca4722]

Cami and Lizzie, taking your littles out for your chores every day will come back and bless your family in the years to come. Guaranteed! I love to see you and Sandy Brock loving to your older ewes. Makes my heart sing

[@TheSheepGame]

Thank you! 😁

[@dt8ustotten285]

Congrats on your first retirement sheep! You should name her now. Man.. you guys are parenting at its best. Kid loses key.. parents would reprimand kid.. etc. Nope you give the feedback.. then hand the key to the kid to do the right thing.. which he did. He must have been listening? Thanks for sharing! Love from the USA!

[@TheSheepGame]

Thank you! Yeah we’ll end up with a few favourites back at home 🤣

[@peggyfisher-qi4wg]

Could you put a large bright bobble on the key, make it easier to find in the grass,

[@philomenahearn1717]

I had a ewe and a ram that were 22 years old. They produced twins together every year up until dieing natural deaths. I didn’t have to supplement their feed but I did have plenty of excess grass and they were kept as “pets”.just love your videos. Both informative but also humerous and very real….

[@johnpick6829]

Well they ought to be in the Guinness book of records then if its true

[@Primenumber19]

@@johnpick682928 years was the record

[@kevinstrachan4442]

​@@johnpick6829I clipped 2 wedders every year as pets 1 was 19 the other 17

[@TheSheepGame]

That’s incredible! I didn’t even know that was possible 👏🏻👏🏻

[@gilliantovey1014]

I had a pet ewe that lambed for the first time when she was 13 years

[@silvershadow013]

You guys are absolutely amazing. I love that the boys are experiencing all the farm work! Best way to grow up as far as I'm concerned, Have you had any maedi vizna in your flocks? Hugs to you all!

[@Baldevi]

I love animals and want them to be safe and happy. But I am also pragmatic. The Cull Ewes are older, tired, have lost teeth, are unable to eat enough to maintain condition, as Older Mamma;s start to endure, they are losing muscle mass and healthy fat... Then the health issues, and that Winter is coming and they will suffer from the cold, the wind, etc. It's kinder to them to send them off, and it allows for more room for younger Ewes who will be far happier during winter, can graze and settle to chew their cud, can have lambs to love. But we all are happy that you're keeping the Earless Ewe! She IS special, and she deserves a quiet retirement. Every Farmer has a few pets anyway, right? Jock and Angus, maybe even Bonnie will love her up!

[@TheSheepGame]

Exactly that! Thank u so much😁

[@MollyPlaskett]

I'm glad you're keeping the earless ewe, . . . aka . . . Earin

[@casperbenj]

Cammy can start a "golden girls" group like Sandi Brock.

[@gregedmand9939]

"Earin" is certainly a kinder name than Lugless.

[@bockersjv]

Get an Airtag or Tile on that key. If it goes missing again you’ll find it in seconds.

[@TheSheepGame]

Good shout!

[@nancybannerman1224]

It's so great that you took the kids to work, but I couldn't stop laughing when you were crying and the great idea 🤣!!! The boys and soon Bonnie will become more useful than a hindrance. Love your old ewes. 🇨🇦

[@howarddavies9677]

Great sheep content as usual Cammy and Lizzie, as you say tough decisions but cruel to be kind is the best way to say it, really old ewes will just not survive and that isn't the way a farmer wants to see happen.

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks Howard!

[@AmandaTroutman]

Thanks for another great video, Cammy!

[@TheSheepGame]

Thank you for watching and commenting! 😁

[@WolfMimirMori]

We have a few sheep at our farm that is 10-11 years old, and they're still kicking it as we take them to islands and move them about. Will be sad to see them go as they are massive for aiding with more scared sheep or those that has become a bit too wild, luckily we have a few younger 1-3 year olds that are on the road to be just as useful. EDIT: They're so called "Värmlandsfår", a Swedish breed. We'd have only them if it wasn't for the issue that they lamb late in the season, which is an issue for our line of work of taking them out on islands.

[@TheSheepGame]

Really interesting thanks for that!

[@marmalademomzyboop8975]

Thanks for sharing and keeping it real.

[@Whipkick2]

Your video's just keep getting better.

[@TheSheepGame]

Very kind! 🥰

[@struancochrane753]

Cammy, please can you let us know what your cull ewes fetch. It is an important, but usually a forgotten about, income stream. If you run 1200 ewes, and call them after their 6th lamb, you have in the region of 200 cull ewes for age (minus 10% of being barren or death).

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah I think we ended up with 120 in total this year! Be averaging about £65 so far i think. These girls would be below the ave and the mules would be above it👍

[@TifJones-p8s]

have you got a collection of No Ear's daughters? I surpose you were not recording 7 years ago - would be good to know who her daughters were and how they were going

[@TheSheepGame]

Good question! They will just be mixed into the flock 🫣

[@paulfairbrass4424]

Tip for you cammy, get a luminous key ring for that key. You'll thank yourself.

[@TheSheepGame]

Defo! Or maybe even an apple tag!

[@stacey_h]

You're going to have your own flock of Golden Girls like Sandi Brock. She started out with a small flock and its grown a bit. Hers are getting up there in age and spent the last winter hunkered down in her old barn in a real nice bed of straw.

[@jhutch1681]

Yes, but she has a smaller operation and only keeps her favourite pets, and is more hands on with her indoor herd. Nice to see Cammie keep a pet or two as well :)

[@TifJones-p8s]

if farmer in the UK were going to do hair sheep - they really need to look at the Australian White - Aussie youtuber "Tara farms" did a great vlog in the last month about purchasing a Aussie White flock - what she was looking for and why - tups with a good gap between their hooves to prevent foot root - the Aussie White is also a grass fed sheep - why it was crossed they way it was, they call it the Wagyu of sheep - the fat does not sit on top of the meat it runs through the meat like Wagyu

[@willieallan953]

I saw that episode, too. Another great sheperd is Sandi Brock here in Southern Ontario, Canada. Cammie hosted Sandi and Mark on Fed By Farmers, and Sandi did the same with Tara at her farm in Canada - all great fun!

[@TifJones-p8s]

@@willieallan953 yes they were all great vlogs - I watched them to

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah i’ve seen lots of great things about the Aussie whites. Tara is great! Lots of fun!

[@GrannyEi]

Great content Cammy x

[@Snowkitty1424]

Hi Cammie, Do you still have Iris? I was watching your old videos and I was wondering what had happened to her? I'm so happy your going to keep the old no ear one, that makes me so happy! 🥰

[@blackdog2994]

Long day, thank god you had Lizzie there👍

[@LizzyAnna]

I see Angus finally got to sit in the chair and Jock got the trusty red bucket. Oh Jock oh no! Keys are off limits🤣 I still remember when one of my littler brothers was around that age and threw my dad's keys to his truck in a flooded drainage ditch. Took my dad, my uncle and I a good hour to find them.

[@TheSheepGame]

😅 its a lesson learned

[@LizzyAnna]

@@TheSheepGame It's definitely something people don't think about until happens.

[@Christopher-s-Mother]

Fantastic!!! a shepherd who is compssionate with his sheep will do well ...

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

You and Lizzy are doing great at farming and raising those three adorable children. Angus is right in there along with his big brother. 😊❤️ Nice rugby shirt!

[@TheSheepGame]

Thanks! 😁

[@l.m.4014]

@@TheSheepGame Haha. Yes, Angus sure is.... learning so much from his Big Brother. Stay turned....for up and coming videos, that could prove very entertaining. (for Us ....not them)

[@lappmarksweden4582]

Love to see the little ones work med mummy and daddy

[@TheSheepGame]

Thank you!! 🥰

[@VP-nz6ok]

Love when Jock gets the camera, and love your antics

[@amandadouthwaite1863]

Great video Cammy & Lizzy i love the fact your keeping miss luggless bless her she has been a good ewe. I love the idea of you having your own little golden girl group like your good friend Sandy. The boys are growing so much you will soon have 2 free shepards well free ish 😂 sweet treats and a toy or two for wages and dont forget the wonderful modeling they are doing for your mrech 😁 wont be long before Bonnie will be helping too. Take care and have a good weekend 💜

[@OxxFreddyGlasgow.]

Another awesome video Cammy.

[@garymadden2656]

Great video Cammy 👌

[@buzzard732]

Old Luggless!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️🐑

[@TheSheepGame]

What a legend! 😁

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

luv your vids! great seeing your family!🦌💌❤️👍

[@Axqu7227]

Every farmer has a pet or two! Next thing you know you'll have a little retirement flock like Sandi. It's harder to get attached with such a large commercial flock run across several fields, but you somehow managed! (Of course it'd happen with an animal you nursed back to health)

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah she’s done me well. We just need to look after her a bit more this winter 😁

[@colingourdie1857]

Great video Cammy,how you like the rappa ,am pricing them up , also the porta yard and modulamb ,,,😵‍💫

[@TheSheepGame]

All great to be fair. This one has low hurdles. We defo need them a bit higher which i think the newer rappa has!

[@naomicoward4687]

Love a retirement village of special sheep.

[@marianrezelman4714]

You need a big red tag on that key! yikes! ❤️👏🏼❤️

[@AussieKool]

Did jock give you a cuddle when you upset and crying haha

[@jhutch1681]

When you cull your sheep because they are thin, do they get sold at market? Lol, I spend 5 hours one evening looking for car keys when my first daughter was just a year old. We were supposed to be loading the car to depart on a camping trip first thing in the morning. At midnight, exhausted and frustrated, I went to pour myself some water from the pitcher, and something rattled inside... Toddler had dropped the keys in the water, and I NEVER would have thought to look there! Aren't they great?!!

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

put an air tag on the key so you can find it

[@denisemarie1825]

Thanks!

[@paddy294]

Cracking video as always

[@Mrs-Worthington]

You are a big softy at heart 🐑

[@Pauline-hw7bx]

How are Spot's paws Cammie?

[@TheSheepGame]

Great! All bandages off now😁

[@RICDirector]

Been wondering how she was or if you sent the old earless gal cull... Glad shes sticking around!

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah we’ll give her some feeding and keep her fit 😁

[@imwolfin]

🤗

[@Ksweetpea]

7:40 Cammy, i bought a bright orange key fob sleeve off amazon and it is a game changer for finding my dropped keys. A big old keytag or lanyard too!

[@TheSheepGame]

Handy!

[@sandrarogers2759]

Retirement village like Sandi Brock.???

[@TheSheepGame]

Heading that way😅

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Enjoyed

[@nitaruiz140]

Have you looked at the Aussie Whites?

[@TheSheepGame]

None over here but i listened to an interesting podcast on them.

[@KarinMayberry-w1m]

I was visiting my mom and dad‘s house and my son was riding his new little car and had grabbed the keys from my dad and put it in the trunk of the little car. We didn’t find the keys till the next morning.

[@TheSheepGame]

😅

[@carolilseanne2175]

I would hide under a tree if somebody was going to cull me!

[@oraneal992]

❤❤❤

[@philomenahearn1717]

😂

[@Mama-tea]

I hate maggots. I wanna keep all the sheep 😢 I know you have to be cruel to be kind but it’s still sad. It’s clear you have a bond with them as you remember them

[@TheSheepGame]

Yeah it’s a shame because they have been good to me. I’ve learned my lesson in the past keeping them too long and they just can’t look after themselves through a hard winter.

[@Sandra-hk8ks]

Should of taken the keys out of thr ignition. YOU know better than that. Like with animals you always have to look ahead..if they can get into it move it out of the way.

[@TheSheepGame]

😁 we’ll learn

[@Snow-n8q]

Oh 🥰😊😍💜 👱👱💚💛🐑 👶💛💚👌👍