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Measuring Sheeps' Performance: How Reliable Is Performance Data? Is There More You Should Consider?

Another maybe controversial topic but one that needs to be discussed since Performance Data on sheep and other livestock is something that people are seriously looking at when making selection criteria for their breeding stock. On the surface, it sounds like a break through farmers have needed... More ›

Buying Sheep: Misleading Terms Used To Sell Sheep!/August 5, 2022

I hesitated a day before I decided to post this video because I know there are lots of points I make in it that people will disagree with. This is about what I consider to be misleading terms used to sell or market sheep that are made to influence buyers that those animals are better than other... More ›

Sheep Farming: Attempting To Shear Sheep!/July 31, 2022

Today at Ewetopia Farms, we spent most of the day trying to get the wool off our Suffolk replacement ewe lambs so we can pick out our show string. Sheep shearing is much harder to do than it looks! We also spent time working with our sick ewe lamb. We are still struggling to get her back on he... More ›

Sheep Breeding Season: Our First Suffolk Groups Done!/July 29, 2022

Today at Ewetopia Farms, we setup our first two Suffolk breeding groups for lambs in January. We show you how we choose our ewes to match with our rams, how we record them, how we move them, how we feed them, and why we breed them in the old barn instead of the new Coverall buildings.... More ›

Sheep Farming: Why You Want Consistency In Your Flock/July 24, 2022

Today we discuss why it is desirable to have consistency in your flock and the many ways it is helpful not only for marketing lambs but for easy assessment of your flock. We also talk about why we don't like concrete floors in barns as we clean the rams' concrete platform. We also manage to dewo... More ›

Feeding Sheep - Pastures Are Done! Winter Feeding Routine In Summer/July 22, 2022

At Ewetopia Farms, the hot weather and large number of sheep has lead to our pastures being totally played out. There is not enough regrowth yet to enable the sheep to continue grazing so they have been taken off pasture for at least another month. This should prevent parasite infestation in th... More ›

Sheep Farming: Moving Sheep In Hot Weather/July 20, 2022

Another scorching day at Ewetopia Farms! A customer came to pickup a load of Suffolk ewe lambs and a ram for a long journey back to their farm. You have to carefully monitor sheep when they are being transported distances but more so in extremely hot conditions. We talk about what to expect and... More ›

Sheep Dairy Farm in Ontario

Our family takes great pride in owning and running a sheep dairy farm south of Owen Sound in Ontario. We purchased the land in 2013, and since then, our pesticide-free pastures have provided grazing for over 400 sheep.... More ›

an unexpected trip to the ER. Vlog 600

Well, that was unexpected... While I was stacking our freshly baled barley straw bales, Mark was busy cleaning the pit of our grain elevator system and got his finger crushed under the heavy grates that cover the pit.... More ›

how are we... really? | busy RAMS, harvesting WINTER BARLEY & rising COSTS on the farm. Vlog 599

Many of you have been asking how inflation has been affecting our farm... I finally had some quality time with Mark and asked him to chat about the increased expenses and how they are impacting our farm.... More ›

WE BOUGHT NEW RAMS! | hoof trimming, pulling CIDRs & a RAM ROADTRIP with BELINDA! | Vlog 598

As we prep for our next breeding group, the boys need hoof trimmed and vaccinated. AND... we have to pick up MORE!... More ›

EWE saved the BEST for LAST!! | the FINAL days of SUMMER LAMBING 2022. | Vlog 596

GUYS... WE MADE IT! We are officially done SUMMER LAMBING 2022! Haven't sat down to figure out final results (but I will!) and I feel like overall, it was pretty successful?... More ›

STUCK & REJECTED. | saving a STUCK lamb, SHEARING day for the BOYS, & our DOWN MAMA LAMBED! Vlog 595

A busy couple of days while still lambing out the last of this group... I was met first thing with a very close call, and a beautiful Billy boy lamb being VERY stuck. But we were able to get here just in time.... More ›

Farm Animals on the small Canadian Farm

Farm Animals on the small Canadian Farm |Lvfree Adventures... More ›

EWE STUCK? | one stuck, one stillborn, two fosters AND TWO MUCH NEEDED SURPRISES

Sometimes my lambing cameras LIE. Either that, or my eyes just don't work at 4 in the morning... I was once again met with some morning madness this weekend. Saturday, not so bad, Sunday though... a stuck lamb that created a ripple effect later that day.... More ›

CATCH me if EWE can | LAMBING & HAY on the same day? | and these mama's are WILD.

Got my hands full with these first time mama's! But after they've spent time with their lambs, they've all seem to chill... thank goodness!... More ›

Ewetopia Farms: Working On A Sheep Farm - Rams, Hay Weaning & Rain!

Today at Ewetopia Farms it was a typical day working on a sheep farm. Although there are many daily routines, you also don't know what new things each day will bring. Today there was lots going on. We had another person pick up a ram and we looked at his sheep box. We also had a hay hauler arr... More ›