09/08/2026
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Your sheep are not automatically an asset.
They can actually be a liability until you learn how to manage them properly.
Buying sheep is easy.
Keeping them alive is not the same as making money from them.
If your sheep are poorly fed, poorly bred, rarely vaccinated, heavily affected by parasites, producing few lambs and costing you more to maintain than they generate, you are not building wealth. You are simply keeping animals.
๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐:
โข ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐: Select productive ewes and quality rams.
โข ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: Feed according to the animal's needs and production stage.
โข ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐: Prevent disease instead of waiting for animals to become sick.
โข ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐จ: Know which ewe is producing and which one is costing you money.
โข ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: Reduce unnecessary gaps between lambings.
โข ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐ซ๐๐ก: Every lamb lost is money lost.
โข ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐: Know what to sell, when to sell and who your market is.
โข ๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:Cull animals that consistently underperform.
A flock becomes an asset when it reproduces efficiently, grows quality stock, controls its costs and generates income.
That is why sheep farming is not simply about owning many sheep.
It is about managing the flock as a business.
If you cannot account for your breeding performance, feed costs, mortality, lambing rates, growth rates and sales, you may have a flock, but you do not yet have a profitable sheep enterprise.
Learn to manage the sheep before you increase the numbers.
