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Flocks and Managment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the types of flocks | Range, farm, feedlots, and dairy |
| Range flock | A large flock that runs on fenced or unfenced rangeland |
| Priorities for range flocks | Strong flocking instincts, fine to medium wool, meat as primary income |
| Major issues with range flocks | Predators, harsh and dry climates, rugged terrain |
| Typical range breeds | Merino or Rambouillet crosses |
| Rangeland | Mostly public land |
| Farm flock | A small to medium flock on fenced private land |
| Priorities in farm flocks | Meat production, show stock, niche markets |
| What makes farm flocks different from others? | Vary depending on farm and breed |
| Feedlots | Primarily for finishing lamb growth with grain |
| Feedlot role in production | Create heavy, well-finished, consistent lambs |
| Major issues in feedlots | Over-conditioning, high cost, diseases (particularly respiratory) |
| Over-conditioning | Sheep gets too fat |
| Acidosis | Risk when feeding ruminants too much grain, can cause them to get sick |
| Dairy flocks | Small to medium flocks raised for milking |
| Spring season focus | Lambing |
| Pre-lambing prep | Move ewes to facility and monitor, prepare lambing kits |
| Lambing season | Monitor ewes for when they lamb, use surveillance to be prepared to assist |
| Post lambing | Move ewes and lambs into jugs, tag, dock, and vaccinate lambs, remove from jug once processed |
| Jug | Small pen where ewe and lamb(s) can be housed together |
| Spring turn-out | Move ewes and lambs back outside, watch for predators |
| Summer season focus | Grazing |
| Prepare for summer grazing | Finalize grazing areas and supplies, get allotments and permits, prepare equipment and transportation |
| Move to summer range | Transport sheep to summer grazing area, gradually release sheep out to range |
| High elevation grazing | Moving flocks higher up and forage greens up to keep from over grazing |
| Fall season focus | Preparing for market |
| Weaning lambs | Late summer (10-12 weeks), separate lambs from ewes |
| Market preparation | Sort lambs for market, evaluate weight and condition, market or move lambs to finishing system (feedlot) |
| Breeding | Turn rams in with ewes, give 1-2 cycles to work, move back to home pasture |
| Winter season focus | Prepping for lambing |
| Pregnancy checks | Ultrasound 50-60 days post breeding, identify open ewes, determine number of fetuses |
| Open ewes | Ewes who are not pregnant |
| Health checks and culling | Hoof health, BCSs, vaccinations, cull poor-performing or open ewes |
| Shearing | 2-8 weeks before lambing for cleaner environment. Shearing too early can be dangerous |
| Equipment requirements for sheep farm | Housing, shelter, fencing, watering system, feeder, storage, restraints, transportation |
| Difference between housing and shelter | Housing is permanent and has electricity and water, shelter is just to get out of the elements |
| Perimeter fencing | Fencing to keep animals in and predators out. Woven wire or electric |
| Interior fencing | Fencing to separate certain pastures. Poly wire or electric netting |
| What is the most important thing about feeders? | They should be off the ground |
| Pasture requirements | Stocking range and sufficient AUs |
| Stocking range | Number of animals a pasture can support over a given period |
| Animal Unit (AU) | Standardized measure to compare forage demand across livestock species |
| What does 1 AU equal? | The forage consumed by a 1,000 pound animal per month |
| How many sheep per 1 AU | About 5 |
| How to calculate AU range | AU quality x acre(s) x sheep/AU |
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