Barn Cameras or Lamb Cams…!
Keep Your Baa-bies Close, Even When You’re Not: Setting Up a Dedicated Video Surveillance Camera for Lambing Season January, like a new-born lamb, stumbles into being, bringing with it the flurry of lambing season. For us sheep farmers, and especially those who lamb early, it’s a time of endless cups of coffee, missed meals, bleating […]
Observations of the Jacob Sheep
Lesley Partridge At the Central Region Autumn Open Day I took a selection of printed photo panels which I had made to illustrate different aspects of the Jacob breed. The two topics discussed on the day were Jacob markings and ear set and temperament. The following article expands on this discussion a little more. Although […]
Why not show your Jacob sheep?
A Friendly Invitation from the Society If you’ve ever watched the sheep classes at a country show and thought, “I wonder if one of my Jacobs could be in there?”—this post is for you. Whether you keep a few Jacobs for their character, fleece, looks, or just because they’re part of the family, showing them […]