So sad about your sheep. Don’t forget to celebrate the wins. You guys are doing awesome.

You are, BY FAR, the most genuine in this homesteading community in my opinion. Thank you for sharing the good with the bad.

I heard a Scottish Shepard say, 😊“sheep are the most wonderful animal alive, that anyone could ever wish for… and the most gol darn animal that will find any way there is to die.” Saved his quote just for you 😅

Lol! "Elvira, for real girl, git yo kids!" Sorry for your loss! The garden looks amazing!

Oh my gosh. Poor babies. Have you seen if there is something scaring them into the fence. Checking a game trail?

@jt1364

12 күн бұрын

Um..he talked about all that right in this video.

You got predators driving them into it, is my bet.

Oh my, the one left crying for his buddy was just heart breaking. Yep you did the right thing. Step back and reassess. These kinds of loss hurt.

Jason my heart goes out to you. You are such a good caretaker of all your animals and I know this was devastating. You made a good choice to return the one left alone.

I'm sorry for your losses and disappointment. I've been raising animals for 25 years and bad things happen. It's very difficult but you will keep going. You've had many more good days than bad days.

I'm sorry for your loss, brother. I had 5 head of cattle and came home to one dead, and just 2 weeks later, another laid down and never got back up. Unfortunately, I had to put it down, keep your faith, and push forward. Homesteading and farming is hard work, and it takes perseverance trusting in God.

Aw sorry for your loss. You made the right decision to sell him back, they don't do well alone.

awwww that's so sad. and expensive! I think you're wise to send the survivor back to his original home so he won't be lonely. This is the time when you need a border collie :)

appreciate your honesty! Keep it up and remember things happen!

I heard an interesting saying this week I've been pondering, I hope you'll accept me sharing it with you...the saying is, 'things either happen to us or for us, and it's up to each of us to choose which one to believe. When we believe things happen for us, then there are no mistakes or failures, only opportunities.'

@SowtheLand

13 күн бұрын

did a Hobbit or a wizard say that?

@susanmoore3013

13 күн бұрын

@@SowtheLand a fellow gardener said that!!

@susanmoore3013

12 күн бұрын

​@@SowtheLand I had to double-check where I heard that and it was from The Gardening Channel with James Prigioni, KZread video two days ago. He had heard that quote and was passing it on.

@yvettekinchking8838

12 күн бұрын

Iam not a farmer but truly believe if you handled cows you will conquer sheep... chin up jason.

@joannmahaffey1068

12 күн бұрын

So true.😊

Way to go Lorraine, you had your mama voice on marched right over there and took care of business👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I even hate the fence for chickens for some reason my goats and the new katahdin/dorper cross sheep got their heads stuck in the fence but I heard them bawling got them untangled and they were ok I'm so sorry you lost yours

This is rough… sorry for difficulties. However, you did a great job staying positive! Lorraine is amazing, she’s a rock! 💞

I totally understand your pain & disappointment. We recently had a similar tragedy last week. Last year, we got the perfect barn kitten. She met all of our wants & needs. She was a beautiful long haired calico. We named her Jewelee. Her mother was a feral cat & Jewelee was born outside. Her mother taught her litter to hunt as soon as they could get around. They were in the same environment with the same risks. Like you, we learned from the tragedy. We are not going to give up having another barn cat. We are going to make changes before we get another one. We are still very sad but we are going to move forward. Thank you for telling your story. People need to know the challenges of this lifestyle.

You are not a failure. You learned so much through this. We learned so much. Stay encouraged. God will work even this for your good.

Jason. Dude. This breaks my heart. We just started sheep last year, and about one month in our ram got stuck in the fence netting. Found him very close to death, but somehow he recovered. Just as easily could’ve ended up with a loss. We did have a trail cam up, and for no reason at all, he just plowed into the netting in the middle of the night. He had been getting zapped for about four hours when we found him. Since then, no other issues with the netting. Up to five healthy sheep now. Hope to get into pigs soon! Y’all have been so inspiring for just about everything on our littlehomestead. Keep up the good work.

I have had sheep getting caught like that seeking grass outside the net. I would try 3 wire.

@triciaunderwood8101

12 күн бұрын

I agree. Sheep are not the brightest and even though you had plenty of grass, I don't doubt they were stretching out to get some outside grass. Goats can do the same. Thanks for sharing, even the hard times with us. It really helps us all learn. So very sorry for your losses. Keep pushing and remembering your "why". ❤️

I am so sorry for your loss.

I knew what you meant on the "Extra-Hot tomatoes" LOL

I watched Fridays podcast when you said you returned the sheep. Such a bummer and I can’t say I done blame you. Another year, don’t give up. Good job Lorraine!

We used 2 strand electric tape on standards to keep our sheep and goats fenced in 😊😊

Lorraine you are a bonafied lamb wrangler, Jason I know this is a hard lesson but you've done everything that you possibly could to secure them, but your not a failure. but look at your SUCCESSES...Give yourself grace Jason.

I love ALL Sow the Land videos!

maybe put a trail cam up? you may have predators scaring them?

@SowtheLand

13 күн бұрын

I have. nothing yet

Hey, I am sorry that it did not work out, but I figured I would let you know how I successfully had goats around electric fence for the last 10 years. I never used the netting but I used the poly wire which is pretty much the same without the chance of them to get stuck in the fence because there is just less of it. I would also propose have the goat/sheep in a hard fence (cattle panels/combination panels) along side the electric fence. We would let the goats out in the electric fence to eat grass in the morning then feed them a little to get them back in the hard fence at night. The hard fence would be permanent fence but you could have the electric fence be temporary and move it around the hard fence and just opening the cattle panels when needed

Thank you for letting us know. Feel so sorry for you

You learn when stuff happens, not just when bad stuff happens.

I'm sorry for your loss

Was great meeting you both and enjoyed the chicken processing. Am really sorry the sheep didn't happen for you this time around. Thanks for sharing. And get them kids Elvira 😅😅

Thanks for posting these videos. It helps me to be patient before starting my animals again. I'm really not ready but am itching to go. This really helps

So sorry for your loss. 😢❤🙏. You are a good farmer so don’t let this get you down. Thanks for sharing the good, bad, and ugly. You are Punk Rock! God Bless!

You are doing such a good job at helping us all understand about the ups and downs of real life. I have admired you for a long time now. SoCal still sucks!

So sorry for your loss 😢😢 hope you get sheep again soon and it will go better ❤️ 🙏

Jason, for me, I often have to go back and remind myself of the 'why' behind the 'what' in order to keep moving forward. You're doing a great job and unfortunately loss is a natural part of the homesteading/farm life. Prayers for courage and resolve to keep going. It's obvious that you are a constant learner which is what makes you a great teacher.

GARDEN looks great! Time to share that cabbage with friends, family & enemies too.

So sorry for this terrible experience! But as you said it is a learning experience! I had really hoped you would be a sheep whisperer! You never know maybe some day! Praying for peace and comfort for the hard days! Love you guys! Peace and blessings! ♥️

We are so sorry to hear about the tough lesson but we are grateful that you share the good, bad, and ugly. We have also learned some tough lessons, and you are absolutely right, it's through the tough times that we learn. We started watching you from the beginning, and over the years, we watched you grow and learn. Eventually, we got tired of just watching! Anyhow, we want to say thank you for sharing everything. The invaluable information you shared gave us knowledge and insight into what we could be up against. With your information, it helped us to make informed decisions. You guys were a part of our inspiration to change our life! Thank you, May the lord continue to guide, bless and protect you all! Much love the Grady Family

Although you didn't want to do this vid, you did an awesome job. Life and death are hard on the heart, but like you said you keep on learning. I appreciate you telling it as it is. Bless you and your family.

A farmer told me years back that he thought sheep had a death wish cos he had lost so many … not so easy to raise. Like you said, it’s a lesson. I’m sure you’ll try again. You have done such great work in the past few years. You continue to inspire

Sorry about loosing your sheep. As you said you have to learn from the bad things and celebrate the good. Love how you ended your video in the high tower showing all the beautiful vegetables and flowers. Love the Zinnia’s, so pretty. 😊🙏

Lorraine was on it to close that door. lol. I'm really sorry about the sheep you lost.

A lot of people don't share the bad in a homestead so even though its not great news at times, thank you for sharing!!

Thank-you for sharing the good and the bad with home steading.

That sucks Jason, we also have 4 sheep going into our second year now. They graze like yours within an electric fence during the day but we always bring them back to a barn , secured overnight. A handful of sheep text gets them to follow us anywhere. A slightly larger “sheep tractor” within their fence would work as well, additionally providing shade during the day & a secure bed at night. Don’t give up on them, we’ve had a lot of joy raising ours.

Awe, I'm sorry this happened. ❤

So sorry for your loss, Jason and Lorraine. It's always hard. I lost my entire chicken flock and my granddaughter's 2 pet rabbits last year to 2 stray dogs that came in the yard while we were away. My new chickens should start laying in the next month, fingers crossed. You are right...there are lessons learned in spite of the heartache, and it makes us stronger and better homesteaders.

**HUGS & PRAYERS** I am torn about the netting too. I have lost two nice goats to it myself. So very sorry for your losses.

Feel so bad for you and the last sweet sheep.😢

I'm amazed at the rate that your garden is growing 😊

@SowtheLand

13 күн бұрын

thanks

This must have been a tough video to make buddy. So sorry to hear about the other loss.

You might try again later with 3 strands of poly wire. We've been doing poly wire for almost 3 years with our kathadin flock. We invested in a marrema/pyr lgd and he lives with them in the paddock. It's good to have a wether to lead them. We rotate every 4 days or so. The poly wire is super easy with reels. We use net fence only for temporary times when we need to hoof trim or inspect and when we are moving them. They respect the net fence because we did good exposure training with them, so we don't have to electrify the net fence any more. It's purely visual for them now. Also, if they have a shelter in the paddock, they have a place to run to when spooked. Our terrible experience of losing a dog to a hot net fence taught us how important thorough training is.

So sorry Jason. Keep on keepin on🤗

That's rough! So sorry, guys. At least one was bought back, but I know that's really no comfort because you were trying to fill up the freezer. You just hate to see life seemingly end for no reason unexpectedly. Hope this year turns around for your family.

Sounds like an issue with the electric fence. The fence show only shock, but with low amperage, it should not kill. If it tangled and choked the animal, then you need cattle panels or something like it to corral the sheep.

Awww sad loss, I feel for you. Don’t beet yourself up. You did the best you could with the information you had.

Thank you for sharing your ups & downs! Some would only share the good moments. I truly appreciate your honesty!

I’m so sorry this happened. Thank you for bring us all along for the wins and losses. My husband is non-Hodgkin’s survivor (2 years remission) so we have connected with your story. We love watching your channel. Praying for your family.

At the top of your property make two pastures with solid fencing and rotate them between the two

So sorry for your loss. Sheep are sometimes very hard to raise.

"Sheeps always are looking for a way to die" “If a sheep could, it'd die twice.”

@Creative-Chaos

12 күн бұрын

I don’t have animals, but this what I heard about sheep. They are looking for a way to die.

@caribbeancharmgardening90

12 күн бұрын

Lol at (sheeps) I almost typed it myself then I felt my mother slap me lol ❤😂

@claireokojie8776

12 күн бұрын

😂

@forrestgump9576

12 күн бұрын

I used to live and work on a ranch in Texas. They had cattle and free range sheep. The sheep normally would pen up on their own at night. But wouldn't you know during thunderstorm they thought it would be better to escape, all of them, and stand out in the rain and lightning?!

@RolandDerUnverbesserliche

12 күн бұрын

nah, they are just herd animals... and this day and age right now is not so good for sheeples...

I am so sorry for the loss of the sheep💛 You do well with chickens and pigs, rest with those thoughts ☮ We all love You, Lorraine and Penelope 💖💛

my sheep ran through the netting we had for them too! they were spooked by coyotes we think, but thankfully, the netting grounded out when it got trampled and no sheep got hurt. Oh yeah, and we tried the netting for weaning the lambs from their moms and the same thing happened (netting flattened by flying lamb hoofs) - the only fencing they really respected was the solid fencing (we have both cattle fence and sheep fence)...hang in there, you do livestock really well

Hi..... Jason and Loraine nice growing vegetables beautiful great good job BYE 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍

Jason, I am so sorry about your sheep. My sister and I were talking about you losing your sheep today. You are not a failure!!! How are the turkeys?

Awww, so sorry Jason. I agree with a lot of others, maybe you have a bobcat hopping the fence and getting to them. Prayers for your future success. It's really nice of those folks to buy your last sheep back. Don't give up, you'll get there.

I believe that's one's trait that homesteader develop thru over time... resilient and perseverance and always looking at positive things around them then moving forward. Jason may I . . . " Count your blessing instead of sheep . . ."

I'm sorry for you and the sheep! 😢

Here in Japan we call them "UFO Squash"! 👍🏾🤩🐶

Oh man, I'm so sorry! When I saw the title I was afraid it was another sheep. I think something was startling them since they've been trained to those fences. Nothing else makes sense. But look at all of your successes!

Farming is always a gamble. So sorry for the loss. The wind are so rewarding

Hello Jason, my sympathies are with you. Before we moved from Oregon, we had milk goats, one first freshened doe and a doeling that we raised to the breeding age and bred. The doe was a great milker and the doeling was due to kid for the first time. I woke up at 4 that morning and she was struggling very badly to breathe. We lost her less than an hour later 😕. It was a terrible taste in our mouth, but that’s part of it. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. The losing sucks, but the knowledge is the bright light of the situation. We haven’t gotten goats again, not because of the loss, but because we aren’t there yet with getting the farm back in shape for the stock to be safe.

Sorry the sheep did not work out this time. I ditto the trail cam idea. Something substantial is scaring them.could be deer. Does NOT make you a bad homesteader . Red cabbage saurkraut is good too. ... Easy cabbage dinner.....Put your favorite sausage, bratwurst or whatever in a saucepan. Put some potatoes (whole small ones or cut up in chunks bigger ones) on top of the sausage. Then put wedges of cabbage on top of the potatoes. Add a bit of salt and about 1 to 1.5 cup of water for a 3 qt. saucepan. Cook until potatoes and cabbage are done. To spice it up a bit, use a hot spicy sausage. It's a meal. So good and so easy. ❤

I was like… super hot tomatoes? 😂

Don't dwell on it, big fella. Just learn and carry on. There is nothing you can do for the sheep gone. Tomorrow is a new day. 😊

@kerrynphillips9153

12 күн бұрын

A harsh statement but absolutely true. Dwelling on it will do no good. Think on it only to develop solutions for the next time

@deborah2302

12 күн бұрын

Your words are real & perfect for this situation & many others in life.

Jason, you saw what happened to Al's scottish highland Bull ? The steer is okay but the Bull didn't make it after finding out that it was A2A2 tragic for anyone at any homestead to lose livestock

You guys have been the inspiration for us to start our own small farm. It’s definitely a journey of ups and downs and we really appreciate you showing us both sides! Like I’ve been told, when you have livestock, eventually you’ll have some deadstock as unfortunate as that is.

Awww, so sorry about this. Something is spooking them.

I am so sorry!!! We have dairy goats and sheep that we keep behind netting. We didn’t get the goat/sheep netting from premier 1. We got the tall poultry netting. We just wanted one kind of fencing that we could put any animal behind. So we went with the poultry one. We haven’t had any issues like that with the smaller openings. And we have trail camera and have seen coyotes, bobcats, and foxes on them. Again, I am so sorry that this happened.

Our condolences to the family & friends of, "The Sheep" ✝️🙏🕊️🕯️

He listened to momma!!! She told him, and he did!

We’ve found that sheep do so much better with just a few strands of polywire. We’ve lost way too many animals with netting.

Condolences with your loss. It never gets easy. I lost one of my goats in electric netting. I still use netting and have had no issues since. May you all feel better soon.

I'm so sorry! That is really defeating. I lost a couple goats the same way and will not leave goats unattended in net fencing ever again.

I am so sorry for the loss.

You have such a pretty place. Neat, clean and organized. Good job.

No failures Jason. Only a difficult learning experience. You now know what you are not going to do the next time. Maybe a cage type system like Ben made for Miah. Lorraine, your high tunnel is producing like crazy. You really have a green thumb. Thanks for sharing. Y'all have a Blessed week.

We have sheep and they are often trying to find new ways to get in trouble, you guys are awesome i love watching your videos. Thank you

No failures. Just major learning curves. Yup, set up cameras. Then possibly a different fence within your fencing. Sorry for your loss but someone will help you figure it out! And good on Loraine! She rocks!!

The problem with sheep is getting them to survive their own stupidity. I never saw such a critter for self annihilation.

I know it is more expensive and less flexible, but we have fenced and cross fenced our acreage into small 1 - 2 acre pastures that we rotate through. We never had good luck with netting. Sorry for your loss.

So sorry for what you are going through. Blessings to you and your family.

We lost our first batch of layers to our local fox family. I do understand the loss and yet determination to learn and grow.

With our sheep, we had to build permanent fenceing, as with sheep if one jumps off a cleft all the other sheep will follow. We made connected fenceing so we could move them from one pen to the other as they ate down each area, We had 3 all in line so it was easy to move them back and forth

Me and my lady have rehomed 500+ animals and lost 5, those 5 make it seem like we did everything wrong, when in reality we’ve done everything right. Keep your head up. Only thing to do from here is learn. God bless

Sometimes lessons learned are not always happy ones. Sorry you had to deal with such a great loss. I’ve made some doozies myself that I’m not proud of. Thanks for having the strength to share so others can learn also. You guys put so much hard work into what you do and that’s something to be proud of. The “why” always gets me. I still can’t bring myself to cull. I know I will need to someday for sure. I will take your advice and remind myself of “why” and maybe that will motivate me to learn. Thanks for all you share.

So sorry for the loss. Couple of beefy boys would be good to eat all the grass you are growing.