Best Sheep Breeds: Meat Sheep Breeds vs Milking Sheep Breeds
Trying to decide on the best sheep breeds for your homestead or farm?
In this video I'll talk about the pros and cons of each type of sheep, so you can make the best decision.
We'll take a look at meat sheep breeds and sheep breeds for milk, so you can decide if you want a triple-purpose sheep breed or one that is specifically bred for a particular purpose.
These are a few of the sheep breeds for meat that I go over in the video:
Suffolk Sheep - a fast growing breed
Katahdin Sheep - hair sheep, no need to shear, hardy
Icelandic Sheep - hardy, can handle poor pasture
Dorper Sheep - ability to shed is good for hot climates, not as parasite resistant, fast growing
Texel Sheep - fast growing, more lean meat due to musculature, hardy for coldclimates
There are tons of other popular meat sheep breeds.
I don't go into as much detail on the sheep breeds for milk, because I have another video for that here:
• Milking Sheep Breeds -...
I hope this video helps you decide on the best sheep breeds to consider adding to your farm!
If you're looking for the best sheep breeds for wool, there are certainly some that do well for both meat and milk - including the East Friesians. Some sheep breeds are bred specifically for wool, like the Merino sheep breed.
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Great break down and great info
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Appreciate it! Have a great day :)
Great comparison and you've given me even more to think about. I know that many goat breeds must be wormed every month. Are sheep as prone to having parasites as goats? How often do you have to worm your sheep?
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
That's a great question! We've been worming yearly, but we ran into an issue this summer with one particular ewe. So we need to figure out a better system for prevention and catching the worm issues earlier! Thanks for watching! :)
I love goats and sheep and someday would like to have dairy goats and hair sheep :)
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
8 ай бұрын
Awesome!
Hi there! Massive views you earned! Great effort!! Glad you're on track Cool uploads! Good luck see ya.
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
Thank you. This was very helpful 👍😊
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Great informative video!!
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Great video!
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this video. 😊 I'm curious about your farm name. "Waykeeper". Please tell me more.
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Aww thank you! The idea is that we'd like to keep the ways that our grandparents or ancestors used to do things... particularly around stewarding the land, plants, animals, and other beings around us. We're not claiming to know how all of that was done, but we're committed to learning, practicing, and hopefully keeping the knowledge for future generations. The Nerdery part is our more modern and technical side - so we want to acknowledge both the old ways and the new ways, and find the right balance between the two :)
It is insanely impossible to find sheep cheese. Any help in that direction would be appreciated.
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
I would recommend looking at more international markets or stores, where there may be imported sheep cheese from Europe or New Zealand and Australia. Sorry I don't have a specific name to recommend!
I might need to get sheep. Planning to make keifer milk (might have spelled that wrong) and it turns out sheep milk is the best for making that.
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
do you have to keep say fresian separate from dorprrs
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
There's no need to keep different breeds separate. We have friends who keep Black Belly sheep and wool sheep together, no problem. The main thing will be to put them together for breeding in the right groups, otherwise you might have crosses there too. :)
Suffolk and doorset are also good as dual or triple
@richardsmall8940
8 ай бұрын
Dorset is one of my favorite breeds
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing that - it's always nice to learn about new-to-me breeds and so others can give them a try if they have some available nearby!
Is awassi sheep breed comfortable for milk?
@waykeeperfarmandnerdery
Жыл бұрын
I do know people who raise and milk Awassi sheep! I think it comes down to what you can find locally as well in terms of breeds!