Your flock looks amazing… but even more important to me is health, mortality/illness. Animals are expensive we can’t afford struggling (vetting, me or vet, extra time nursing, extra time catching up) and then possibly dying. Your flock is very healthy and hearty. Love the thoughtful conversation.❤️🐑

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

Thanks, Justina. Knock on wood, but yes, we are lucky to have a very healthy and robust flock!🙂

Sheep can get a little mule headed it seems. 😂 The size of Moses, WOW! Great information today. I’m looking forward to the keeper selection and all involved. THANK YOU!!

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

Moses is a big baby like his dad!🥰

Interesting information Lynn!! I understand your view and agree. Numbers can be deceiving when only being viewed on paper. So many variables go into growth and development. It’s difficult to compare apples and oranges. Thanks so much for a great video!! Stay safe!!🙏🏻❤️

Good morning from Minnesota 🌲

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

Morning!

Fantastic to listen to the reasoning and it sure makes sense to me. Sometimes the heartstrings still get pulled pretty hard I bet. ❤ 🐑

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

Yes, absolutely. Nothing is easy 🙂

😊😊😊 More great info. Cant waite till they can go out on the pastures they will be so excited. Wow they look amazing ,me i would take all the little ones im a sucker for small animals.

Good morning Arnie and Lynn. The sheep look like soldiers marching. When the sheep fall down they look embarrassed and jump right up saying did anyone see that. 😂😂😂 What a handsome bunch of ram lambs. Professor another very interesting video. I learn something new with each lesson. One of many reasons I watch each day. Thank you so much. Enjoy the evening. Big big hugs to you both. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😉😉😉❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

Thank you! You are always a top student too! 🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰

@patriciaruppert201

16 күн бұрын

@@EwetopiaFarms 🥹🥹

@justinanovak8040

16 күн бұрын

❤

Another great education video ❤

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

Thank you 🙂

Wonderful video and great knowledge.

@EwetopiaFarms

14 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I hope that weaning went well and that the lambs and their moms both took it well. It was fun seeing the sheep get moved around. The lambs really enjoyed all of that space and it was fun watching them play. They really enjoyed their new hay, they got pretty quiet! I just love Moses. He's growing so fast! Natural breeding seems to work very well on your farm. I like the way you do things. Singles and twins seems like a good goal. I didn't know that mother sheeps bodies create just enough milk for the number of lambs. Finding sub par lambs does sound interesting but difficult probably because of the decision. May is back in the feeder again! She is so naughty lol! I'm looking forward to seeing the lambs grow and also who you will keep. Thanks for another fun video. See you tomorrow. ❤🐑

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

I am extremely partial to Moses too. He reminds me so much of his dad. Although there are a few more Gladiator sons I'm liking a lot too. He did very well for us again this year. Picking keepers is always difficult but fun too. It's interesting to see who Arnie picks and who I pick. Often we agree but just as often, we probably disagree 😆 Like I said, it's not a science!😁

Are you downsizing again with selling the Dorset Mother Ewes? Awesome video facts 🧡🤍🖤💚

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

Yes we are

The sheep look so happy in their new barn.Lots of running room.Are you putting them out in the pasture soon?❤️🐑

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

Stay tuned!😁

Nice video

My summary: For rams, what matters is genotype. For ewes, both genotype and phenotype matter.

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

I think both matter for rams and ewes

@alisoncummins2726

16 күн бұрын

@@EwetopiaFarms Because phenotype allows you to guess the genotype? I’m imagining a big, sturdy ram siring two big lambs and one mini lamb on a big, sturdy ewe. If the big sturdy lambs grow up to be big, sturdy rams, we know for sure they have “big, sturdy” genes because they are fully expressing them. If the mini ram grows up to be a medium ram we can *guess* that he has “big, sturdy” genes because of his relatives; because being a triplet can explain why he was born a mini; and because he grew from mini to medium, not mini to small. But we can’t be sure. Even if he has lovely “big, sturdy” genes we can’t see them because he isn’t fully expressing them. Something like that?

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

@alisoncummins2726 pretty much. In our experience, rarely will a smaller sheep produce bigger lambs that why we select the sturdy phenotype in your example. Basically, what you see is what you get. Then you have to know which traits are highly heritable and which are not. Number of lambs is not highly heritable whereas leg structure is. So many things to consider which is what makes breeding so much fun!

I stopped my enrolment in Genovis as I found the numbers didnt mean much when I was choosing keeper lambs. It was an extra expense and alot of work weighing lambs and inputing numbers and then deleting each animal manually as they were sold. I was spending too much time in front of my computer and only two people were interested in their numbers. I never paid to do loin scanning as it was going to be an extra expense. I spent money on genetics instead☺️I’m like you, I like looking at the animals, their conformation and take all the other things into consideration. I also find if I dont breed my yearlings that first year, most time they have twins instead of singles, therefore they have already caught up from not being bred too young and having that single. I find first timers are so much better with twins, their udder stays uniform, ease of lambing smaller lambs is so much better on them too. I think your right about time of year, natural breeding and i think lambing yearly regains that ewe up to perfect condition that twins are most likely. Thats the goal right🤣

@EwetopiaFarms

10 күн бұрын

We are in total agreement!🥰

So, a weird question. We have heard that a yealing ram or buck is much more likely to sire male offspring his first year. It rather seems to be true for us, but we have small flocks. Have you ever seen or noticed this to be true? One year, it was 6 rams, no ewe lambs. Then, 14 rams, 6 ewes. Also, 4 bucklings and 2 doelings. I have not seen any real studies to prove this, but maybe you have a thought? Thanks for all the time and work you put into your excellent videos!

@EwetopiaFarms

15 күн бұрын

Over the years, it is generally about even for us on boys and girls. I think with a small sample size, the results may look different. But interesting!🙂

Is Arnie in a bad mood today or needs a break from the ewes

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

He is very stressed about cropping plus he is very tired. We never get time off. It is hard to always be upbeat when so much depends on you 🙂

Very interesting. What will happen to Peggy?

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

So far, she will be staying here as a pet

@pathowes32

16 күн бұрын

@@EwetopiaFarms great news. I keep looking for her in the videos

@EwetopiaFarms

16 күн бұрын

You will see her very soon in the video when we vaccinate sheep- part 2 ​@pathowes32

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