Homestead & Hobby Farm

Sheep Feeding Schedule: The Six Weeks That Decide Your Lamb Crop

There are mornings on a sheep farm when the whole flock tells you something is wrong, and you only notice because one sheep refuses to act like the others. Feed can hit the trough, gates can open, and twenty-four hungry ewes can move exactly as they always do, but the one standing apart may be carrying a problem that cannot wait until the chores are finished. In those moments, knowing when to feed is only part of knowing how to care for sheep.