Today, we talk about lessons learned after four (or five?) seasons of birthing lambs at the Holler Homestead. We will also cover all our usual Tuesday segments like Tales from the Prepper Pantry, Seasonal Forage and more.
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Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Used up beef from the been canning webinar of 2022 (Beef stew)
Will be harvesting the first lettuces soon from the outside gardens
Giving all storage here a big facelift with the help of Opalyn
Cutting up 3 Eyes of Round
RIP Claire the Fridge (The freezer/fridge combo)
Frugality Tip From Nicole
Freeze dried meals with a thermos, OR lunch pail thermos
Operation Independence
3 Beef Rounds for the workshop
Main topic: Lessons learned from 5 birthing seasons
Make a management decision
>rotation vs single pasture and medications
>Interventions vs survival of the fittest
>Hair vs wool
Finding strong Stock
Pasture Birthing Bag
>gloves
>Lube
>thermometer
>towels
>Alcohol or other sterilizer
(Basiic first aid is already at the pasture)
Home Lamb Support Kit
>Colostrum
>Bottles
>Milk Replacer
>Pee pads from Sam’s club
>Dog crate
>Diapers if you will go this route
>Lamb-dedicated towels
>Hair dryer or heat lamp
>Temperature probes
>Heating box
>Sous Vide
>Mason jars
>Funnel
>thermometer
>more gloves
>lamb probiotics
Things to prepare for in birthing
>Stuck lamb
>Breach Lamb
>Sideways lamb
>Cold Lamb
>Dopey lamb
>Low milk production from mom
>Lamb not breathing
>prolapse
Great resources
>All Creatures Great and Small, etc
>Laura Lawson Lamb Problems another references
>get a sheep mentor
BACON CLASS