Working sheep in the cattle yards. Brings back memories. You guys should build a simple sheep yards with a race and a sorting gate and your lives(and backs) would be living much easier.

thank you for showing how you guys sorted the rams from ewes that was great

It makes no difference how many videos I watch, I still want another one! Like other commenters I look forward to the final numbers.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

107 ewe lambs, 105 ram lambs!!!

We need more videos of sheep handling. That was helpful. I’m surprised the lambs didn’t squeeze thru the rails to get to mom!

What a beautiful spot for a working facility, I bet it makes for a satisfying feeling at the end

This is so fascinating and satisfying to watch! Efficient and quick technique but still very gentle in handling. Great job making use of the equipment that you already have!! You are so inspiring sir!

Greg has some good workers. They will gain useful skills and good memories.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they do

Great flock and good workmen.

I like your two legged sheep dogs!

I thought I was the only one who sorted lambs the hard way! Glad to know I'm not the only one

Nice big cash machine. I just hear caching-caching-caching as the rams are sorted.

I have another hour to watch an interesting John Hawks interview but I am here having watched your video as an hour seemed a long time to wait to see what You and your hard working crew were up to. It was fun watching the lambs rush to wards the gate when the next team passed by. I thought they looked somewhat disappointed when they didn’t see Mum in amongst the others.tomorrow I think I will tell you about Mums kitchen on the Wilsey. It was so small you had to leave it to change your mind! You and the crew have made this a great day.👍👍👍👍👍🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖❤️💗💝💗♥️🤗

Fantastic team work and system!!!

Wow! Those sheep look fat and happy! I think sometime soon we'll be sorting out our rams too. Anyway, I hope you have a good day!

I want this life so bad... Gabe brown also has great information as well.

First to watch 🎉🎉love your content. Keep it coming 👍

Looks like so much fun! I can't wait.

I sure love these wrangling vids, we need more!

what minerals do you use? I know you have said that some times you use tubs, what kind or what is in them. LOVE the sheep!!!! keep it coming, boys did a great job and so fast, I know you are proud of them and the job they do, just think of what they will do someday

This will wake any old herder from a sound sleep:>:> eleven minutes of bawling sheep!

Counting sheep for real.

Good workers make it look easy.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they do

I love seeing things like this, it really helps for those of us that are up and coming. We have 6 sheep so far and are hoping to continue to expand. Love your videos Greg! Thanks for putting out such great content.

Greg, you should think about investing a little time and energy into a setup that is actually designed for sheep. You could make that job a lot faster and easier with a proper handling setup. A few milled boards, some screws, a drill and a little know how and that job can be done in about 10 minutes with 2 people and almost no work. That said, the sheep look good. Good work.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

That would only deprive our strong young interns of their favorite day of using their muscles and handling lambs!!

@petekronberg6305

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher But they won't learn to handle sheep effectively. I visit a lot of sheep operations in a year and one of the primary issues they have, is a terrible handling setup. Most of them are pretty similar to yours. This makes anything they do with the sheep miserable work. They won't scale the operation, at least in part, because of it. Once the sheep get sold, and they will be sold, said producer proceeds to tell everyone how awful sheep are to handle. I absolutely hate watching young people leave the sheep industry due to this unwillingness to improve. Consider that you get away with it because you only have 100 sheep and plenty of help. If a sheep setup is working properly it should be lightyears faster and easier than sorting cows. This is something to keep in mind for the development of your interns skill set and on top of that it will change how you interact with the sheep as well. Sorry for being an ass about this.

@enderwhitekey7238

2 жыл бұрын

@@petekronberg6305 could you point me to examples of what you are talking about?

@petekronberg6305

2 жыл бұрын

@@enderwhitekey7238 look at janet mcnally's youtube channel. @Tamarack Lamb & Wool Ours is simpler and smaller but mostly the same.

@mikesnuf

2 жыл бұрын

@@petekronberg6305 kzread.info/dash/bejne/pq2prcisoZeqZc4.html I just added the video link for other people to find

Absolutely love your passion and all you do Greg, Jan, and crew! If you'll forgive me for my grammar policeman moment but: Weather refers to the state of the atmosphere (e.g., temperature, wind, clouds, rain) Whether is a conjunction with a similar meaning to "if" (e.g., I wonder whether it will rain.) Wither -: to become dry and sapless especially to shrivel from or as if from loss of bodily moisture Wether. A wether is a castrated ram (male sheep).

Nice video Greg, any other requests on how you keep your farm records and tagging? Keep up the good work!

Great job with the sheep.

I like your setup it seems to work well for you all. We already got our sheep up and banded but I see some good ideas from you all that could help us especially if we can keep growing our flock as we would like to. Thanks

You do beautiful work Greg. Those young men are very impressive! I value your work from a 10 acre homestead in California. Our environment is just not cut out for copying your system. I’m only 42 years young & 2 years on my property. But I’m working on it.

@naerwyn239

2 жыл бұрын

Would mind explaining more? I live in the central coast, and one day hope to have a small home and land to have sheep on. Why doesn't Greg's method work here in CA?

@07negative56

2 жыл бұрын

I’m in the Sierra mountains. It’s essentially high desert. You’d have to keep irrigation on, which is kinda taxing. I’m thinking of drilling a 2nd well. My ponds are seasonal. There’s anywhere from 1/8”-1/4” of evaporation a day. So by august they’re bone dry. I’m sure his methods would work. My place has been neglected for 21 years. I’m using pigs & chickens to work the soil. Get rid of the star thistle and other weeds. Using a soil builder compost to get some oxygen into the soil. Hi iron clay soils dry out as hard as concrete. I think his methods will work. Im trying to get there.

Mr. Greg, it's fun learning from your great work. Could you please throw more light on the effects of rain on sheep sleeping on uncovered facility?

@almarooffarms7926

3 жыл бұрын

@singby pass Thanks

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

Sheep do not need a sleeping facility unless you want disease in your sheep. Having a barn and putting sheep in it is a great way to have unhealthy sheep.

@almarooffarms7926

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thanks so much Mr. Greg for your response, I appreciate. This knowledge is really useful for me in my farm as we step up activities transforming my homestead sheep farming into a full ranch. I hope to keep you posted via email as I really consider your input very useful and cherished. Thanks

Great job

can you show your handling facility lay out sometime?

This is awesome

Hey Greg; how about doing a video overhead and/or an explanation of your handling facility and gate setup. It would be very helpful. maybe just a drawing on your whiteboard ?

So...how many lambs did you have, Greg? How many ewes vs. ram lambs.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

107 ewe lambs, 105 ram lambs.

@prayerangel1

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher That's a pretty even split and a great lamb crop! I really like the consistent body style and size of your lambs.

Hey Greg, can you elaborate on the comment about the lanolin from the wool flavouring the mutton? I haven't heard that before.

Totals in the info below the vid. I overlooked that at first glance/viewing.

Hello Fantastic !

Lol, that's a LOT of sheep! I'm catching up to you though! slowly but surely, Haha.

@wadepatton2433

3 жыл бұрын

They had three sets of trips this year. Interested to hear the count and rate. How many lambs for you this year and rate?

@Digger927

3 жыл бұрын

@@wadepatton2433 My little flock had 32 lambs this year from 19 ewes. Lost 2, one was born crippled from a set of triplets and one's mother stopped giving milk from a bad udder. I don't have a final count on rams/ewes yet. I think that works out 1.68 lambs per ewe. 5 of those ewes were first lamb ewes, had two sets of triplets. Started with 14 ewes from Greg's flock in 2019. 2020 lambing season 3 ewes didn't drop lambs but they dropped lambs this year.

@wadepatton2433

3 жыл бұрын

@@Digger927 Thanks for the details. Won't take you long to have a big flock. Better start taking intern applications. 8D.

Was curious why the dorpers did not work out on your operation? You mentioned that in a video once. Thanks love the videos

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

2 жыл бұрын

The Dorpers got parasites and exhibited no parasite resistance at all.

You all sure have this down to a "T". Thanks for watching and have a nice safe day!!

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Wow, thats slick

Hi Greg

When you separate the rams from the main flock do you put a couple Guardian dogs with the Rams? And how do those dogs adjust to being separated from the other dogs and the main flock?

Greg, I accidentally discovered your channel. I raised sheep for FFA YEARS ago (early 1980's) - I was taught to dock the lambs. Do you do the same? I'm interested in your thoughts. Rambouillet is the primary breed I dealt with. Thank you.

Quick an easy. So is that the 2021 lamb crop? What was your ram/ewe count then

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

107 ewe lambs, 105 ram lambs

What breed are your sheep , and is their a reason I see only 1 black one in the entire flock ?

It seems to help with 3.

Did y'all have a final count of how many ewe lambs and how many ram lambs you had this year?

That’s interesting so the lanolin causes the mutton flavour , so hair sheep develop the mutton flavour more slowly .

@GayleShepherdess

3 жыл бұрын

Hair sheep have no lanolin so never get a mutton flavour regardless of age.

@kcahill2777

3 жыл бұрын

@@GayleShepherdess thankyou Gayle 👍

What breed of sheep are you working with?

At what age do you butcher your wethers? We have been doing it at around 11 months to 1 year. We're thinking of doing it at 5 months.

how is Ben doing?

So did you get to pet the wild dog?

@wadepatton2433

3 жыл бұрын

I'm curious too, but know it's okay if the dog keeps his distance.

How do you get such thick frames on the St Croix? So many I see in that breed have thinner frames and won't weigh in nearly as heavy as your lambs.

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

2 жыл бұрын

culling over the years and keeping the best to grow the flock.

@Velacreations

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher you've made excellent progress with those genetics, I really like the look of those lambs!

You don't dock tails ?

@wadepatton2433

3 жыл бұрын

It's not needed for hair sheep. Greg doesn't trim hooves or worm them either. He does very little of what everyone thinks you "need" to do. Is how I knew I'd found a great program.

Curious how much does a grown ewe weight? Also do farmers still sell the wool? If so how do u clean it I imagine the wool gets really dirty and full of stickers if farms have those?

@thatonedog819

3 жыл бұрын

I believe his sheep are hair sheep. The ones that have wool do sell the wool. Usually they get sent to a processor, but there are some good videos on how to do it by hand here on KZread

@tarasporleder1

3 жыл бұрын

@@thatonedog819 thanks. I remember those wool sweaters from the 70s and they weren't fun to wear. At least to me. Itchy, and hot. Can't imagine buying 1 now and don't see many wool clothing

@wadepatton2433

3 жыл бұрын

@@tarasporleder1 It is my understanding that the wool market has declined so much that the cost of labor to shear them is driving the sheep economy to meat production. But I absolutely love to wear wool.

@tarasporleder1

3 жыл бұрын

@@wadepatton2433 what about alpaca hair? Is it good for clothing

@wadepatton2433

3 жыл бұрын

@@tarasporleder1 I don't know. I'm not familiar with those animals or products from them.

What lambing rate did you get this year? 150%? Or higher?

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

2 жыл бұрын

200%

@adrianalynch-of-jumbuck-farm

2 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC!

Do you sell the wool?

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

These are hair sheep they do not have wool

I was surprised you said you were about to band the ram lambs. They look like they’re 3 months old. Don’t you have problems banding so late?

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

2 жыл бұрын

they are 9 weeks old

@adrianalynch-of-jumbuck-farm

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Great for 9 weeks. Still, I am impressed you can band at that size. Good to know. . I had one that size die on me a day after I banded him. Maybe just a freak thing.

nice male female sheep separation #

To the poor fellows who are losing their spuds.... Sorry???

Did you say I'm Going To Get In THERE And Cut That Dog..meaning??????

@gregjudyregenerativerancher

3 жыл бұрын

Pet that dog

Shoot....I wanted to see how the dog reacted to you. I wonder if it would be good to just get the sheep on more often and just ignore him for a while to teach him it's okay.