February 2025 Farm Update | Raising Dorper Sheep in Texas

Hi Friends,

I have a lot to share with you this month! First, fair warning that lamb reservations are opening next week (March 10th). SUBSCRIBE using this form for email reminders leading up to the sale:

Second, I will be speaking at the Texas Homestead Conference in Waco on April 25th and 26th. An early bird discount for tickets is still available as of today! I hope to see a bunch of you there!

I will be sharing about sheep and building a how I built a diversified homestead-based business!

February is quarterly inspection month. I FAMACHA score ewes and deworm if needed. I also take time to give lambs a preventative treatment for coccidiosis. Everyone is looking great and ready for spring grazing to kick off in March!

I shared about this portable/pasture based lambing jug on social media and people loved it! It is cattle panels, held together with zip ties and lined with chicken wire at the bottom. A majority of my ewes bond on pasture without the jug, however this year several few first-time moms needed the closed-quarters to bond.

I was asked how I catch the ewe and to get her into the jug: I will pour a bit of feed on the ground, then grab her by the back leg as she is distracted with eating… then drag her by her bum into the enclosure (where her new lamb is already).

It usually only takes 24 hours for duo to bond, then they are let back out with the main group! Special credits to my mom for actually constructing this cage.

And finally, a MASSIVE thank you to the 1400+ people who joined me for my free class series in February!! It was such a blessing to experience the biggest turnout yet! Click HERE for access to a replay of the free class: “The Basics of Raising, Grazing, and Marketing Sheep”

Thank you for letting me be a part of your farms,

The Shepherdess

“…but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.” 1 Cor. 3:6-7

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