Sheep Care 101

Nov 01, 2019Caitlin Hoover

We get questions all the time about how to care for sheep properly, what we do to keep our sheep healthy, and why parasites are such a big issue for farm animals. In our video below we discuss all of this and provide a comprehensive overview of small ruminant husbandry for aspiring sheep owners based on our own independent research, knowledge sharing with other ranchers, and our local vet (whose kids we are single-handedly putting through college LOL).

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