Small Ruminant Monthly Newsletter

April 2024

Spring Edition Newsletter

In this newsletter I wrote about the upcoming Small Ruminant Workshop that will be held April 27th at the WNC Livestock Center. This is a great opportunity for producers to come and learn more about small ruminants. The NC State Small Ruminant, Extension Specialist Andrew Weaver will be speaking at the workshop. A small animal sale will follow concluding the workshop. Also, attached are some great webinars that are coming up and some that have passed but the recordings are posted if you are interested.

The next Small Ruminant Club meeting will be April 30th at 6 pm at the NC Cooperative Extension Center (60 East Court Street, Marion). Please RSVP by April 25th.

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to call the office and speak with the Livestock Agent, Skyler Murray or email me at skyler_murray@ncsu.edu.

Mastering Small Ruminant Care: A Comprehensive Workshop

Is this your first time purchasing sheep and goats? Do you have questions about raising sheep or goats? Want to figure out how to make your small ruminants (sheep & goats) more successful? If so, please attend the upcoming FREE Small Ruminant Workshop.

The Small Ruminant Workshop will cover a variety of topics from preventative health management such as vaccination programs, parasite mitigation and nutritional and genetic considerations. Some other topics that will be covered are Lambing/Kidding 101, topics to be discussed are troubleshooting challenges, pre-lambing/kidding management and equipment basics.

This FREE workshop will take place at the WNC Livestock Center (474 Stock Drive Canton, NC 28716).

If you plan to attend please pre-register on Eventbrite by clicking the link below.

Click here to go to Small Ruminant Workshop Eventbrite Registration Link

Upcoming Opportunities

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Extra Information & Articles

Body Condition Scoring

This article was written by the University of Florida. It talks about the importance of looking at the Body Condition Score. It also has great pictures that represent what thin and obese look like on the scale. Something interesting about it, is that it goes into detail of how it would feel if you was handling the animal as well.

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FAMACHA Information

The NC Extension website has more information on parasite control, and educational videos on how to check your FAMACHA score. The website has great information on wormers, as well as Factsheets for external parasites.

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Soil Testing Kits

This article was written by an NC Cooperative Extension Employee. This is a well written article, that covers a variety of helpful topics from how and where do I need to take soil samples to how to interpret the report whenever you get it back.

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Sheep Care Guide

This PDF has great information covering a variety of topics for sheep care.

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NC State University and N.C. A&T State University work in tandem, along with federal, state and local governments, to form a strategic partnership called N.C. Cooperative Extension.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

N.C. Cooperative Extension - McDowell County Center, 60 E Court St, Marion, NC 28752, United States
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