As a sheep farmer, most people do not realize the important role a farmer plays in the scheme of the area, country and world. Not many people talk about farmers regardless of what product they produce. Being a farmer is a very important occupation – we provide food for others. People have to eat. Even…… Continue reading A Place in the World
Category: Sheep Farming
Evaluating Sheep Together
When I do my morning and evening feeding or anytime I am working with the sheep I do evaluations on their condition and health. Being aware of how a sheep is doing is the key to spotting a sick sheep or a lame sheep. Then there are times I look at the sheep for a…… Continue reading Evaluating Sheep Together
Hank
Working daily with sheep is hard work. The work would be even more difficult if I did not have my top ranch hand to help, Hank. I am very thankful for Hank and the job he does helping me with sheep. Hank is a registered border collie dog. His breeding is to work cattle. He…… Continue reading Hank
Dorper Lamb Meat
I am a sheep farmer that raised Dorper sheep, a hair sheep developed in South Africa. The primary purpose of developing this breed of sheep was to have a breed of sheep that could produce an excellent quality carcass on low vegetation. As a sheep farmer, I work at breeding sheep to met the breed…… Continue reading Dorper Lamb Meat
November
November is here, fall is here and winter is close at hand. November greeted us with rain and colder temperatures. In north central Texas, November is when the rain starts arriving and I am thankful for the small amount of rain the area has received the past two weeks. Yesterday was the first day of…… Continue reading November
Advertising
I receive a periodic publication from the American Dorper Sheep Breeders Association. The publication keeps the members up to date on different events and happenings affecting the Dorper sheep breed and the sheep industry. There are always information on placing advertising in the publication along with advertising your farm in the back of the publication.…… Continue reading Advertising
An “Old Friend” Came to Visit
This chilling morning I observed the arrival of an “Old Friend” whom I have named “The Flicker”. When I first moved to this place, Texas birds were unknown. I mistakenly identified this bird as a Northern Flicker, its true identity is a Yellow Bellied Sappsucker. “The Flicker” shows up every fall for a few weeks,…… Continue reading An “Old Friend” Came to Visit
A Day on the Tractor
A few times each year I mow the pastures. I do not mow for hay, but to control weeds. I mow the weeds down a few times each year. I was late in getting the end of summer/fall mowing done when needed. Reason I was late, I was helping my daughter and her family as…… Continue reading A Day on the Tractor
Efficiency
While I have been away helping my daughter with her family in September and first part of October, I have been thinking how to make my farm more efficient. One item I have been thinking about is how to make it easier to feed the sheep this winter. The barn area needs better feeding hayracks,…… Continue reading Efficiency
Tough Times
I know I am not the only person who gets groceries and wonder about the costs. My grocery expense has doubled in less than a year. Each person is being hit with inflation and the threat of recession. Everyone is having to face the same situation of how to make their money stretch further. The…… Continue reading Tough Times
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