New barn under construction and I was just wondering what folks are using
for barn foundation flooring (dirt, sand, clay, concrete, gravel???
Suggestions would be appreciated.
John Carlton
Double J Farms
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I prefer a concrete floor with enough slope it will drain. A rough concrete
surface eliminates most hoof trimmings. Floor needs to be flat enough to be
scraped out. I only bed the barn on the absolute coldest of days.
Mark Wintermute
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I have had two female barbados for 6/7 years now. I
have seen them
play and butt heads every once in awhile. But
yesterday we got to
watching and the younger one was really stepping far
back and
running full force with her head down and butted the
other one, we
could feel the ground move! It was
Do you have any idea why Texas ranchers are selling their sheep and moving
to goats? I'm giving a presentation at the North American Hair Sheep
Symposium in San Angelo, TX October 6-8 and when I read your comment I
thought it might be interesting to hear your insight so that I can perhaps
Carol,
This may be a regional thing around Waco because:
1. West Texas has moved from wool varieties to hair varieties mostly Dorper
and Royal White because of meat.
2 I have sold livestock guardian pups to south TX. This rancher runs an
grass fed lamb market and brings his processed lamb as
From what I was told Boar Goat meat is fetching over $8.00 a pound in NY
resturants. Similiar prices are to be had here in the Northeastern part of
the US. as Britt stated in Florida. Believe it or not I have not eaten one
of my lambs/sheep because of the sales. Sue
Susan Smith
Sandoah
4 x 6 Rubber mats! Have had them in the horse stalls for 25 years
without replacement, now the sheep are on them.
Barb L.
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My younger ewes will challenge the older ewes also. It does seem that they
are really getting into it, and yes I believe it is a discussion for
dominance. I leave mine alone to work out their own pecking order. I have
yet to have any injuries. It soon quiets down with sometimes a new
I've had ewes get into serious fights, most seem to get over it in a few
minutes, sometimes they fight off and on for a couple of days, though.
Sometimes
several will gang up on one. I've tried to break them up, but it never seems
to work; even the one losing won't leave it alone. Sometimes
