The health and wellbeing of both ewes and their lambs during this time can significantly impact the success of the flock for the year ahead. Proper care and management are key to ensuring that lambs ...

Sheep producers should consider adopting a twice a year lambing season for their operation, although there are some factors they should consider. According to Travis Hoffman, an assistant professor ...

ARLINGTON — In his barn on Tuesday, John Connolly looked at the ewes and lambs huddled together as the rain poured outside. White, brown, black and spotted lambs, many just weeks old, stayed close to ...

[Dear daktari, I have a few sheep but I wish to add their numbers. I have noted they are different in terms of management as compared to cows which am relatively well acquinted with now thanks to ...

MARION - On one of his busiest days of lambing season, Bret Blackford of Marion was in for a big surprise. Blackford returned to his lambing room from his father's farm Saturday afternoon to find one ...

Awel y Grug, a farm near Welshpool, boosts lamb growth and saves £1,040 using red and white clover silage, cutting feed costs and carbon ...

It’s midnight in the lambing field. In the darkness, we only see shapes; we notice the wind on our skin; slight noises assume importance. In the dark, our senses are heightened. In the dark, we are ...

And lambing percentages and ewe mortality are expected to be slightly higher than average. But most producers have been doing everything they can to keep their ewes in good condition in the hope it ...

Jon Beastrom has been raising sheep for over 15 years on his operation in Pierre, South Dakota. Now, there are around 1,900 sheep on the farm.

After decades of giving way to larger farm enterprises, smaller farms are making a comeback, not only for crops but for raising animals as well. Small-acreage farms can provide suitable space for ...

By the time 13-year-old Nora Jarrels got to the barn to check on one of her family’s pregnant sheep on Jan. 4, it had already ...