The Sheep Show podcast

Mar 02 2025 194 ep. 34 mins 53
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All things ovine, sheep farming and learning more about sheep and shepherding. Learn about breeding animals and being a sheep farmer. Want more content to help you sheep well? Subscribe now for subscriber only content! https://www.buzzsprout.com/954910/subscribe

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Snot in sheep!

Mar 02 2025 18 mins  
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Do you see snot in your sheep? Nasal discharge can be worrying for us shepherds and there are a few reasons for nasal discharge. In this episode we explore what it is and what might cause it. Some links https://www.farmhealthonline.com/disease-management/sheep-diseases/cobalt-deficiency-in-sheep/ Support the show Want mor

Flighting the foxes

Feb 23 2025 24 mins  
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Foxes prey on animals and kill lambs, they seem to enjoy the head and organs! In this episode we explore strategies and tools and I introduce a new member of the farm who I hope will help with the fight against the fox! Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep su

Selling means educating! Exploring new sales strategies for lamb

Feb 13 2025 22 mins  
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! I've been exploring some new opportunities for selling lamb meat recently and what do you know - we need to educate customers and think differently ourselves to make it work! Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab ! https://www.buzzsprout.com/954

Sheep balancing act and getting ready for joining

Jan 30 2025 17 mins  
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Sheep framing is always a balancing act and getting ready for joining is no different. What do you need to balance and get right with your rams and ewes before joining - in this episode we explore this along with the other challenges we need to balance with sheep farming and breeding. Support the show Want more! Want to s

🔒 Your why - this is what will sustain you in sheep farming in 2025

Jan 30 2025 20 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! A new year brings new opportunities but also new challenges. In this subscriber only episode we explore why we do what we do and what helps us when the going gets tough. Enjoy! Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab ! https://www.buzzsprou

Winter sheep farming in Ireland - what I learned!

Jan 22 2025 22 mins  
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Back to the mother country (Ireland) and what do you do but farm! Here is what I picked up on my travels! Enjoy listening. Support the show Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab ! https://www.buzzsprout.com/954910/supporters/new

Can sheep save you? Meet Deb Holmquist - a shepherdess beaten but never broken

Jan 14 2025 46 mins  
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Head here to purchase Deb's book: Website: www.debholmquist.com or to Amazon Debut Author DEBBY JO HOLMQUIST Launches Captivating, Jaw Dropping Memoir, “A SHEPHERDESS BEATEN BUT NEVER BROKEN: A True Story of Resilience, Triumph, and Overcoming Adversity with Grace” Paris, IL—On January 16th, 2025, first-time author

Homosexuality in rams

Dec 07 2024 17 mins  
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Homosexual behavior in sheep has been well documented and studied. The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) is the only species of mammal except for humans which exhibits exclusive homosexual behaviour. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3008-homosexuality-is-biological-suggests-gay-sheep-study/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H

How to read sheep body language?

Nov 29 2024 19 mins  
Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What are my sheep telling me through their body? What parts of the body communicate the most when it comes to sheep/ Links: https://amazinganimalminds.com/how-can-you-tell-your-sheep-is-happy/ https://www.msdvetmanual.com/behavior/normal-social-behavior-and-behavioral-problems-of-domestic-animals/social-behavior-of-sheep

🔒 Cathartic sheep reflections - what I will not be doing in 2025

Nov 24 2024 25 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Do you have regrets when you look back on the year? I know I do! This is a trip down 2024 lessons and what I will not be repeating next year or hopefully ever! Want more! Want to show us some sheep love? Sign up for extra content via our sheep supporters tab ! https://www.buzzsprout.com/954910/supp