Sheep
We are relatively novice shepherds, buying our first ewe lambs in 2007. However, every year our knowledge and confidence increases – and every year, our sheep give us great pleasure and very, very tasty lamb.
There are lots of reasons to keep sheep, so if you are thinking about starting with sheep, our guide will help you.
Guides & articles:
- An Introduction to Keeping Sheep
- Sheep equipment
- Sheep Terminology
- British rare & traditional sheep breeds
- Moving, handling & transporting sheep
- Sheep housing
- Land and fencing for sheep
- Feeding sheep
- Wool
- Buying sheep
- Sheep Health & Welfare
- Breeding Sheep
- Condition scoring sheep
- Establishing your breeding season
- Selecting breeding stock - ewes
- Selecting breeding stock - the tup
- Using raddle
- Tupping
- Pre-lambing care
- Scanning sheep
- Vaccination against clostridial diseases
- Feeding in the final stages of pregnancy
- Metabolic diseases at lambing
- Preparing for lambing
- Lambing box
- Lambing
- Post-natal care
- Hypothermia in lambs
Further Reading
 Sheep for Beginners Nigel Woodrup |  Sheep Health, Husbandry and Disease: A Photographic Guide Agnes C. Winter |  Know More Sheep Jack Byard |  Lambs for the Freezer: A Guide to Small-Scale Production Sue Kendrick |  Beautiful Sheep: Portraits of Champion Breeds Kathryn Dun |
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