The Sheep Show Podcast with Jill & Andrew Noble

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! In this episode we cover: What can we tell from sheep teeth? How can we use this information to make decisions about your sheep? What does a sheep’s mouth look like?  What do lamb’s teeth look like and how and when do they grow?  What breeds cut teeth earlier than others? How can environmental conditions change and impact teeth growth an...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What will make you a successful sheep farmer? What business skills do you have and what ones do you need to develop further? In this episode we explore the five key business skills you need for sheep farming success! Five business skills for farming success 1.      Lifelong learning - tips •        Attend expos and seminars/webinars •   ...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So what traits are the traits that will take our sheep into the future? What ones will help us breed animals that have true commercial value in the red meat industry? What are the traits that we need to focus on and what can we do to improve them in our flock?  Obviously we are always making decisions on phenotype/breed standard and stru...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! We've never advertised our sheep for sale. Why not? Because smart selling is about building a reputation and creating a market for your sheep. In this episode we explore the pros and cons for each selling option that we have for sheep, including lambs, ewes and rams.  Let me know what option works for you and why!  Designer Mini Gol...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! This time of year we all need to make some tough decisions on culling sheep. So how do you know what to cull, what can help you to make confident decisions which will help the future of your flock.  In this episode we explore at what to look for when culling ewes and lambs as well as rams.  Happy culling!  Designer Mini Goldendoodle pupp...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Welcome to season 2 of The Sheep Show Podcast! In this episode on weaning we explore the following: - Why we wean? -What exactly is weaning lambs? -When to wean? - How to wean? - Issues/concerns and pros and cons of early and late weaning.  We also explore a hybrid method of weaning! Enjoy this first episode of season 2! Designer Mini Go...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Meet Eve Girdwood, another amazing young sheeppreneur! Eve is in year 12 at Notre Dam College in Shepperton (Victoria). Fof her year 12 Design & Technology project she decides she will make a coat. This is her story and the challenges of making a garment from wool in Australia.  Designer Mini Goldendoodle puppies Designer Golden Dood...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Erin Douglas is in year 12, not even finished high school yet and she has have already achieved so much in her agricultural career. She has been state winner of the 2019 Merino fleece and meat sheep competition, stud master at Moralla Stud, captain at Flinders College in the ag program at school, and she was winning competitions as a 12...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So we marked our lambs on the weekend - you did what??  What exactly is marking lambs, why do we do it, how do we do it, what do you need to do it, when do you do it and what can go wrong!  Learn about our marking set up, equipment and our challenges with marking in this episode! Happy marking! Designer Mini Goldendoodle puppies Designer...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! There is nothing quite like shopping for sheep and shopping for rams is always good fun, filled with optimism and opportunity so in this episode we explore: What do you need in a new ram? What are your breeding objectives? When do you need a new ram? What genetic elements does your ram bring to your flock? Who do you join your ram with?...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So you have lambs on the ground and you are over the stress of sleepless nights and the peak lambing period so what now? Are we out of the woods or can things still go wrong? In this episode we explore aspects of lamb health from 2 weeks old to weaning. Including: What growth rates should I be getting from my lambs? How to manage the hea...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Volume 4 of the lambing diaries and the learning journey continues! - Heat cycle and the magic day 17-  - Interverted eyelids in lambs - Udder health - what does a good one look like and feel like - Freemartin ewes - Who lambs first and last  - Lamb survival to weaning and the 60/20 rule  - Full cycles versus false or first heat cycles -...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! In the third installment of the lambing diaries we learn that three feet and PJs don't mix!  We also explore: - How long does a ewe take to bond with her newborn lamb - Why maidens drop last - Why lambs eat dirt - Sheep udder health - Saving a ewe - Dealing with bloat in bottle fed lambs - What licks to give your lambs - How to impr...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Well into lambing what have we learned? What tricks have we used and what miracle have we been able to perform with little lamb lives.  This lambing diary log explores: The power of Vitamin C The tales of triplets A fox update Dealing with prolapses and some bush vet work Hybrid bottle feeding method Recording ewe performance  Recording...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! How the first two weeks of lambing has gone - learnings, reflections and challenges.  Key areas explored: How to move ewes and lambs. Lamb survival  Lamb recovery position Lamb starvation  True and false heat Designer Mini Goldendoodle puppies Designer Golden Doodles offers the best quality mini and micro mini goldendoodle puppies. Suppo...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Meet the Thomas family from Cavendish, Western Victoria! On Saturday July 25 they ran Australia's first all breed Virtual Sheep Show! The Sheep Show Podcast got to be a special guest! Despite hundred of agricultural shows, events and field days being cancelled due to COVID19 sheep breeders show their true colours by participating in...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What is the ugly side of lambing? What are the serious diseases that can cause abortions in ewes? What diseases can affect your ewes during times of high stress time such a pre-lambing and lactation?  How can you prevent these issues? What treatments can you use if you find you have any of these issues with your sheep?  In this episode,...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Meet Brett the Vet from GV Vets in Shepperton (Northern Victoria)! Brett Davis takes us to lambing 2.0 – what to do when ewe need help! All the things to be prepared for and what to do when things don’t go according to ewer plan when lambing.! Together we Brett we explore: What percentages of ewes lamb normally and without assistance?  W...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Welcome to the first of many podcast episodes over the next few weeks on lambing. In this episode we explore how most lambs present, normal presentation. We look at pre, during and post lambing aspects that account for 95% of the lambs born.  In Lambing 101 we cover: Sheep gestation What sort of protein/feed requirements do pregnant and...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What does your lamb taste like? This was a question that led Katie and her family to start Linners Lamb, their cut and pack or paddock to plate business.  Katie and her husband run 130 Wiltshire Horn ewes on their farm near Bacchus Marsh in Victoria. They have been marketing and selling their lamb direct to consumers for three years. Kat...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! In this episode I take the podcast from our sheep yards to our kitchen table with Geoff Davey! We sit down and record a pre-dinner sheep podcast after scanning sheep and selling a few sheep during our day together at Hallston Valley Farm. We find out that spending all day with sheep is a normal day for Geoff and that is just the way he l...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Lions and tigers and bears oh my! All countries have challenges with predators preying on sheep and lambs and the USA has some of the biggest challenges. In this episode we learn strategies to protect our flock from a pro!  Crystal, her husband and their boys run Emsoff Livestock Company in Chilcott California (near the Nevada border), f...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Nick Lawrence  founded Pinnacle Suffolk stud  in 1996 with the purchase of 20 Suffolk ewes from Burwood and Urrbrae High School. Since then we have introduced leading AI sires including Alkoomie 305, Mt Ronan 276, Burwood Hurricane 1076 and NZ Coleford Sires. In 2011 Stuart Staude joined in partnership with Nick & Holly to form the b...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What an honour to interview David Smith, the world's first scientist to develop a vaccine for a worm in any host! David is a qualified Vet, who grew up in South Africa and lives in Scotland. He has a PHD on sheep immunology and since 1975 has studied worms in sheep and how sheep have become immune to worm infections. This research h...

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Gary knows grass! At 19 he was growing grass on a golf course as a turf horticulturalist! Since then he has read every book, research paper and follows all the grass youtubers that exist! Albrecht, Voisin, Greg Judy, Joel Salatin, Gaye Brown, Pat Coleby, Colin Seis and Allan Savory are his main influences.  For the last four and a half y...