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Co-Managing Sheep and Goats Important Considerations

Co-Managing Sheep and Goats Important Considerations. Dr. Brian Faris Extension 4-H Youth Livestock Specialist Department of Animal Science North Carolina State University. Introduction. Born & Raised in Southwest Texas Raised Rambouillet Sheep and Angora Goats and Showed Market Lambs

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Co-Managing Sheep and Goats Important Considerations

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  1. Co-Managing Sheep and Goats Important Considerations Dr. Brian Faris Extension 4-H Youth Livestock Specialist Department of Animal Science North Carolina State University

  2. Introduction • Born & Raised in Southwest Texas • Raised Rambouillet Sheep and Angora Goats and Showed Market Lambs • Worked for TAMU Sheep & Goat Center • Angelo State University Ranch • Came to North Carolina from New Mexico • Currently raising fullblood and percentage boers and some Southdown sheep

  3. Topics • Similarities and Differences between Raising Sheep and Goats • Nutrition • Reproduction • Management practices

  4. Nutrition • Similarities • Both are small ruminants • CP and TDN requirements • Stocking rate • 1 cow / 2 acres • 1 cow ≈ 5 sheep • 1 sheep ≈ 1 Boer or Boer cross goat

  5. Small ruminantsStocking rates

  6. Nutrition • Similarities • Both are small ruminants • Stocking rate • Differences • Grazing habits • Sheep tend to graze from the bottom upward • Goats tend to graze from the top downward

  7. GrazingHabits

  8. Nutrition • Similarities • Both are small ruminants • Stocking rate • Differences • Grazing habits • Grazing preferences

  9. Sheep Fairly Selective Forbs Grass Browse HAY Alfalfa Coastal Bermuda Orchardgrass Peanut Goats Very Selective Forbs Browse Grass HAY Peanut Orchardgrass Alfalfa Coastal Bermuda Grazing Preferences

  10. Nutrition • Similarities • Both are small ruminants • Stocking rate • Differences • Grazing habits • Grazing preferences • Specific nutrient requirements

  11. Sheep ~2%BW Dry Matter Very Sensitive to Cu P requirements are similar to goats but do not appear to be as sensitive Goats ~3%BW Dry Matter Need 2-3x Cu level Very Sensitive to P (Do not exceed 0.40% on the feed tag – 0.35% is ideal) Nutrient Requirements

  12. Nutrition • Similarities • Both are small ruminants • Stocking rate • Differences • Grazing habits • Grazing preferences • Specific nutrient requirements • Fat deposition

  13. Sheep Goat Fat Deposition

  14. Lambs Self-feeder Pellet or Textured Feed 16-18% CP 1.5-2.5% Fat Kids Self-feeder Pelleted Feed 14-16% CP 2.5-3.5% Fat Nutrition

  15. Reproduction • Similarities • 5 month gestation (145-155 days) • Differences • Chromosome number • Estrous cycle length • Flushing rates / Birth rates • Teat structure • Out-of-Season breeders

  16. Differences

  17. Management Practices • Health • Facilities • Miscellaneous Management • Guard animals

  18. Sheep Deworm Coccidiosis Overeating Tetanus CL Ketosis Orphan Lambs Soremouth Goats Deworm Coccidiosis Overeating Tetanus CL Ketosis Orphan Kids Soremouth Floppy Kid Silent Pneumonia Health

  19. Sheep Shelters Fencing Electric Fence Feed Troughs Working Pens Goats Shelters Fencing Field Fence Feed Troughs Working Pens Facilities

  20. Sheep Less foot care Some shearing except Hair breeds Horns/No horns – Does not matter Castrate lambs 30 days or less Goats More foot care Require no shearing except for Angoras May disbud kids (wethers) Castrate kids at 60-90 days Miscellaneous Management

  21. Guard Animals • Llamas • Dogs • Great Pyrenees • Akbash • Komondor • Anatolian Shepherd • Maremma • Donkeys

  22. QUESTIONS

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