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When this page was placed on the "Things you can do--Copyediting" section of the Community Portal, it was a compilation of information about small scale sheep farming. Various people have improved it, but it still doesn't seem to be properly named. Woulld it make sense to change the name to "Sheep Farming?" If so, it could be further upgraded to be a fairly comprehensive description of various aspects of sheep farming. Sunray 22:34, 2004 Dec 25 (UTC)
I think some of the infomation from shepard should be moved here. I'll do it if I get a chance. ike9898 23:14, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)
Sheep producing: how is it measured ? in wool ? meat ? milk ? cheese ? Lysy 18:32, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Can someone take a look at these? SchmuckyTheCat 15:17, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
"On large farms, dogs or riders on horseback or motorcycles, or any combination of those, may herd sheep."
Does this mean in some places we see dogs on horseback or dogs on motorcycles? Wow!
Yes - with a human rider in control of the motorcylce / horse. Sorry if that is not obvious to all readers.
Ga
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ie
04:42, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
In Australia it is common to mark ears of both sheep and cattle by cutting notches out of them with special pliers. The current code of practice assumes you know what it is talking about when it discusses the technique - but it doesn't actually describe the operation, it just says "make sure every thing is sharp".
Anyone got any pointers for where to define ear marking? Ga rr ie 04:44, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
"Under the intensive sheep production based on a cut and carry system, sheep are kept in pens with grass and concentrate being provided regularly. Some flocks are kept on slatted floors, others on litter beds that are cleaned once or twice a year." [2]
Intensive sheep production in the near east
Section six of this is on intensive sheep systems
WAS 4.250 ( talk) 09:01, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
(Above copied from User talk:Richard New Forest)
(Discussion begun in User talk:Richard New Forest, following queries raised in both Domestic sheep and Glossary of sheep husbandry)
I do not understand what you are asking regarding flushing sheep. I read the very interesting article sheep and did not know what it meant by "flushing". So I googled it and learned stuff and added to the article now linked. I learned that the term is used to refer to removal of embryos/eggs and also used to refer to giving some animals (goats, sheep, cattle, deer, and similar) extra nutrition in the two or so weeks prior to conception to increase fertility (number of eggs/offspring) especially, but also to increase birth weight. How long the added nutrition continues, I don't know - I guess it would depend. For example, if flushing were used to create extra eggs and to remove them, there is no need to continue the rich diet after they are removed. I suppose modern factory farms use objective scientific diet formulas for each stage (egg production, womb growth, milk production). One might think extra nutrients would be useful post-birth to help the babies, but modern farming tends to value the milk too high to waste it on non-humans. WAS 4.250 ( talk) 06:26, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
(Above copied from User talk:Richard New Forest – discussion to continue here please, as most relevant to a sheep husbandry issue.-- Richard New Forest ( talk) 16:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC))
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When this page was placed on the "Things you can do--Copyediting" section of the Community Portal, it was a compilation of information about small scale sheep farming. Various people have improved it, but it still doesn't seem to be properly named. Woulld it make sense to change the name to "Sheep Farming?" If so, it could be further upgraded to be a fairly comprehensive description of various aspects of sheep farming. Sunray 22:34, 2004 Dec 25 (UTC)
I think some of the infomation from shepard should be moved here. I'll do it if I get a chance. ike9898 23:14, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)
Sheep producing: how is it measured ? in wool ? meat ? milk ? cheese ? Lysy 18:32, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Can someone take a look at these? SchmuckyTheCat 15:17, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
"On large farms, dogs or riders on horseback or motorcycles, or any combination of those, may herd sheep."
Does this mean in some places we see dogs on horseback or dogs on motorcycles? Wow!
Yes - with a human rider in control of the motorcylce / horse. Sorry if that is not obvious to all readers.
Ga
rr
ie
04:42, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
In Australia it is common to mark ears of both sheep and cattle by cutting notches out of them with special pliers. The current code of practice assumes you know what it is talking about when it discusses the technique - but it doesn't actually describe the operation, it just says "make sure every thing is sharp".
Anyone got any pointers for where to define ear marking? Ga rr ie 04:44, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
"Under the intensive sheep production based on a cut and carry system, sheep are kept in pens with grass and concentrate being provided regularly. Some flocks are kept on slatted floors, others on litter beds that are cleaned once or twice a year." [2]
Intensive sheep production in the near east
Section six of this is on intensive sheep systems
WAS 4.250 ( talk) 09:01, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
(Above copied from User talk:Richard New Forest)
(Discussion begun in User talk:Richard New Forest, following queries raised in both Domestic sheep and Glossary of sheep husbandry)
I do not understand what you are asking regarding flushing sheep. I read the very interesting article sheep and did not know what it meant by "flushing". So I googled it and learned stuff and added to the article now linked. I learned that the term is used to refer to removal of embryos/eggs and also used to refer to giving some animals (goats, sheep, cattle, deer, and similar) extra nutrition in the two or so weeks prior to conception to increase fertility (number of eggs/offspring) especially, but also to increase birth weight. How long the added nutrition continues, I don't know - I guess it would depend. For example, if flushing were used to create extra eggs and to remove them, there is no need to continue the rich diet after they are removed. I suppose modern factory farms use objective scientific diet formulas for each stage (egg production, womb growth, milk production). One might think extra nutrients would be useful post-birth to help the babies, but modern farming tends to value the milk too high to waste it on non-humans. WAS 4.250 ( talk) 06:26, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
(Above copied from User talk:Richard New Forest – discussion to continue here please, as most relevant to a sheep husbandry issue.-- Richard New Forest ( talk) 16:37, 10 January 2008 (UTC))