With lambing time approaching for many, we have started to see a few cases of twin lamb disease in early lambers. This has ...

Sheep producers should consider adopting a twice a year lambing season for their operation, although there are some factors they should consider. According to Travis Hoffman, an assistant professor ...

The health and wellbeing of both ewes and their lambs during this time can significantly impact the success of the flock for the year ahead. Proper care and management are key to ensuring that lambs ...

ARLINGTON — In his barn on Tuesday, John Connolly looked at the ewes and lambs huddled together as the rain poured outside. White, brown, black and spotted lambs, many just weeks old, stayed close to ...

ESSEX, New York — It's pitch dark and cold enough we can see our breath in our headlamps when Kristin Kimball leads me inside her barn. "It's about 5:30 a.m. and the sun is thinking about coming up," ...

[Dear daktari, I have a few sheep but I wish to add their numbers. I have noted they are different in terms of management as compared to cows which am relatively well acquinted with now thanks to ...

It’s midnight in the lambing field. In the darkness, we only see shapes; we notice the wind on our skin; slight noises assume importance. In the dark, our senses are heightened. In the dark, we are ...

MARION - On one of his busiest days of lambing season, Bret Blackford of Marion was in for a big surprise. Blackford returned to his lambing room from his father's farm Saturday afternoon to find one ...

By the time 13-year-old Nora Jarrels got to the barn to check on one of her family’s pregnant sheep on Jan. 4, it had already ...

Spring is my favorite time of year. It’s when our lambs are born. We originally starting raising Katahdin hair sheep as a more entertaining way of keeping our pasture areas mowed. We also chose this ...