You have to be a certain kind of person to work with goats. They're challenging for a lot of reasons. They're wonderful creatures, but I think folks should think real hard before buying goats. I had some free goats that I ran with my sheep for a season, but I gave them to a friend who has an affinity for them, and barn space. I'd recommend hair sheep.

Get those St croux male stock st least for dorm resistance

My daughter had a flock of sheep for her FFA project. She fed them grain when she first got them but ended up just feeding hay and mineral. They were so noisy and aggressive on grain, she used to call them her crack whores.

@@RedTop-yo4ds ROFL yea they get so crazy about grain. Its not even worth it during lambing season Id rather just feed them more hay haha. Corn is cheaper than hay in some places tho I think is why a lot of people feed it.

The steeper the terrain, the better suited it is for sheep or goats. Cattle can graze those areas but are more likely to move soil if the ground is soft.

I'm wondering where to find it, too.

John Scarborough It is usually old conveyor belt. I don’t know if Free Choice Enterprises will sell just the belt or not. If you can find a factory that is replacing belt, that is the way to go. There may also be online sources selling used belt. Don’t use just rubber, like a stall mat. It will deteriorate in a year. The conveyor belt has steel mesh layers. It will last forever.

You can buy the rubber cover from Free Choice Enterprises.

Thanks

​@@douganderson7002 Understood. But I was talking about attaching permanently a poultry waterer with that setup.

2-3 weeks is the average length for keeping the rubber drag on them.

Im going to implement this for my pup, always following me out of pasture...

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher what size and what weight rubber flap do you use?

@@WillieB06 Free Choice Enterprises sells two different thicknesses of rubber flap material to cover their mineral feeder. The thinnest one is what you want to use for sheep. The thicker cover works great for cattle.

Your right!

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher *You're 😉

Free Choice Minerals is who we use.

With twice per year lambing, one of your lambing periods will be in weather that is not conducive to lambing on pasture. This is why we target one healthy lambing period on grass just like nature does it with deer. When you target accelerated lambing (twice per year, now you are doing something that is not natural) You may need to put them in a barn and feed supplement because they lambed out of season and there is not any green grass to produce milk for their young lambs. We have been in this sheep business a good while, what we have found out is that nature always knows best!

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher It is so refreshing to hear your answer. Nature does know best, and it is always healthy to work with it, not against it.

i've seen some stuff where they bale graze out in Alberta once the snow gets too deep for the animals to dig through

Bale grazing is your best bet up there. In 4 feet of snow, animals will have trouble digging through that.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thanks for your reply Greg.Have a good one..

Its a weight to keep/train the younger dogs to stay with the flock. Look through his older vlogs off the main channel & I bet there are more LGD videos.

Keeps the young dogs from roaming and getting hit on the road.

Yes

We sell off our yearly breeding stock every August.

Greg Judy Regenerative Rancher just wondering if sheep are like cattle when you said that if you have a drought shave off 10% of the herd.

I have a video on how we do winter water. Will make a more detailed winter water video.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher gotta nice kubota rtv greg

The dog feed is 22% protein. The blend is called Active Dog.

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Thank you. Could you give a list of every mineral you are using in the free choice mineral feeder. Have been wanting to do this for awhile.

Free Choice Enterprises

We get our mineral from FCE, Free Choice Enterprises. google it.

Brandon De Rijk With a mix, the animals can’t choose what they are lacking. They will eat an excess of some minerals trying to correct a deficiency for others. A mineral excess is worse than a deficiency because it will make other minerals unavailable.

Also, if you look at most bag mix's tags it will list iron oxide. Aka rust. I think the mineral companies get paid to get rid of it. Iron is known to block copper up take. It is also extra available if your soil does not have near perfect PH. Excessive iron causes anemia. The major parasites for sheep also cause anemia. Funny how every cattle or goat mineral mix that contains copper has a huge warning on it not to feed to sheep. If you must use a mix find a goat or cattle mix that contains copper and does not have the words iron or ferric on the label anywhere. Start with lower ppm and work your way up. Soil or dirt has plenty of iron In it. You only need it if you keep your sheep in a barn with a concrete floor year round.

Craig Ferris All that sheep and mushroom money

Yep, the cows thought I should have one.

Good marketing goes along with raising good sheep. Quality animals always have a market.

The Hispanic community here buy some. up north I think the Muslim buy them. Mr Judy could you tell us more about the market or target customer? ??

@@seepingspringsfarm6017 I'm just an ordinary fifth-generation Californian, and I eat lamp chops frequently. :) Just wish I could find local grass-fed lamb, not from New Zealand. Nothing against New Zealand, but it's kinda far away and adds to the cost. I'd prefer sheep grown here in California, but just try to find some in your local grocery store. And our nearest regenerative farm is so far out in the boonies it's hard to get to.