Typical Saturday on the Farm-Collecting Fecal Samples

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A typical Saturday afternoon on our farm goes like this…… Anna: Hello…..I’m home! Mom: Good, you are just in time to help collect fecal samples from the sheep. Anna: I should have driven slower……(smiling)   .   Anna puts on her going out to help collect fecal samples pants with rubber boots and gloves and we head out into the … Read More

Managing Summer Parasites

  With the sheep on pasture full time now, managing summer parasites becomes top priority on our farm. At this time of year, an over load of intestinal parasites is the primary cause of illness and even death in sheep, often effecting those with a compromised immune system, nursing ewes, or young lambs. I have found that the key to … Read More