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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / Online Sheep Show ram lamb and ewe lamb classes

« on: April 03, 2016, 09:00:36 am »

http://www.onlinesheepshow.com

Take a look at the last ram lamb class and try your hand at the new class of ewe lambs. Good luck!

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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / Online Sheep Show ram lamb class

« on: March 25, 2016, 02:44:28 pm »

Two days left to judge the current class of young ram lambs. Also check out the results of the last class of yearling ewes. http://onlinesheepshow.com/current.htm

And as you are working with your new prospects, snap a few pictures and get them entered! Good luck!

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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / The one that got away

« on: March 22, 2016, 07:00:35 pm »

I was sure tempted to put a bid in on Lot 2 in MacLennan's ewe lamb sale, but I knew my husband would kill me. I'd already spent my sheep budget for the year on our new Dorper flock. I guess it didn't matter anyway since I didn't have the extra thirteen grand laying around that it would have taken to get her bought. Beautiful sheep! http://www.dwlivestock.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?willoughby736/2



What sheep have you all been drooling over in these online sales?

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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / Treating fungus

« on: March 18, 2016, 08:36:41 am »

Does Envirosep also treat, or just prevent fungus? It's actually on our cow, not a sheep, but figure the same treatment should work for both...

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Buy and Sell / Select Cut Lamb Sale

« on: March 16, 2016, 07:53:45 am »

High quality lambs sell today and tomorrow, March 16-17 on the Select Cut Lamb Sale at http://www.dwlivestock.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?willoughby658/category/ALL. Don't miss it!

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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / Online Sheep Show Market Classes

« on: March 08, 2016, 08:18:32 am »

http://onlinesheepshow.com/current.htm

A new market lamb class is now posted and don't forget to check out the results and reasons of the last class of market lambs. Good luck!

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Buy and Sell / California Connection Online Sale bidding open!

« on: February 24, 2016, 09:00:53 am »

Quality ram lamb, ewe lambs and wethers being offered. Sale closes 2/25 so don't miss it!

http://www.dwlivestock.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?willoughby743%2Fcategory%2FALL

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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / Lambing update

« on: February 22, 2016, 08:40:50 pm »

Our last ewe for a while just lambed. A big ExGames ewe lamb out of a Maximus yearling. We will hopefully have a few more later in the spring, but we will have a bit of a break for now. We struggled through some abortion issues, which we hopefully have under control now, and ended up with almost all singles births, so our crop is smaller than we had hoped, but the quality is making up for what we missed in quantity. We ended up with an even 15 rams and 15 ewes. However, things are not so even when you compare the sires. From ExGames we got 13 ewes and just 4 rams. Maximus was the opposite, giving us 11 rams and just 2 ewes. Interestingly, he was the other way around last year, siring nearly all ewes and only 4 rams.

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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / Online Sheep Show propsect and ewe lamb classes

« on: February 22, 2016, 03:09:51 pm »

http://onlinesheepshow.com/current.htm

Results of a pretty tough class of ewe lambs, where there was very little agreement by anyone who placed the class, are now posted. A big thanks to Duane Sickels for taking a stab at it. I think he aligned it pretty well and backed up his placings with some good, sound reasons.

I think most will find this class of prospects a little easier to sort. Submit your placings and keep those entries coming!

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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / Online Sheep Show propsect and ewe lamb classes

« on: February 15, 2016, 07:55:32 am »

www.onlinesheepshow.com

Results of the last heavyweight prospect class are posted, as is a new class of young ewe lambs. Check them out!

Also, I need to fill a lot of classes, so be sure to enter those lambs as you are getting pictures of your new crop! Prospects, ewe lambs, ram lambs, we can use them all! Good luck!

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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / How do you get mud/manure balls out of leg wool?

« on: February 12, 2016, 02:51:27 pm »

It's finally been a good, wet winter and the pens were a MESS. We got my foster daughter's lamb picked out and penned up yesterday, but his leg wool is matted in dried mud and manure. Are there any tricks, other than just soap and water, for getting this out without pulling out all the wool? I'm thinking about trying to stand him five gallon buckets and let them soak, but not sure how well that would go over with the lamb!

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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / How are everyone's lambs looking?

« on: February 03, 2016, 08:02:55 am »

It's that time of year again! Share some pictures of your favorite lambs.

Lots more babies, these are just a couple of the older lambs so far.


Maximus X Comstock


ExGames X Monster

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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / Online Sheep Show resumes for 2016

« on: February 01, 2016, 10:22:09 am »

After a successful 2015 year, the Online Sheep Show kicks off the 2016 season with a nice class of heavyweight prospect lambs. Check them out and try your hand at judging. Also, there is lots of room to fill classes, so breeder and buyers a alike, get out your cameras and start snapping pictures of the new prospects in your barns!

http://onlinesheepshow.com/current.htm

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Buy and Sell / Livestock Guardian Dog Puppies

« on: January 27, 2016, 02:05:08 pm »

We are expecting a litter of livestock guardian dog puppies in mid March. They will be 1/2 Maremma x 1/4 Anatolian Shepherd x 1/4 Great Pyrenees. This is a proven cross, with have dogs from this breeding guarding sheep in Texas, Nevada, California and Oregon. Both parents are full time sheep guardian. Puppies will be born and raised in the sheep barn. We expect both short and long haired puppies in this litter. Most of the puppies from previous litters have come out with some level of black and/or brown markings. Pictures are of dogs from previous litters.

We are located in northeastern California, but can assist with transport to most of the country. Puppies will be priced at $350, which includes worming and first set of shots.

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All Sheep and Lamb Discussion / 2015 Online Sheep Show Champions!

« on: January 26, 2016, 08:40:52 am »

A huge thank you to our judges team for taking the time to select the 2015 Online Sheep Show Champions.

http://onlinesheepshow.com/champs/index.htm

The show will resume this weekend for the 2016 season, so be sure to keep your cameras and phones handy and snap some pictures to enter your own sheep. Good luck!