Hollow Hills Ranch & Homestead
The Homestead Life Raising Hair Sheep, Gardening & Enjoying Nature
Sales of breeding stock animals are on hold indefinitely at this point. We had a biosecurity issue crop up in one of our St Croix ewes and now must test the entire flock. We will be testing the entire flock every 6 months, roughly, until we get three negatives in a row, ensuring the problem… Continue reading Biosecurity issues
We decided to test a few more ewes (all 4 year olds) and a ram for CL (Caseous Lymphadenitis), OPP (Ovine Progressive Pneumonia), and Johnes Disease. All came back negative as I was fairly certain they would! Some of the animals tested are going to be trades for some sheep in Northern Washington State. The… Continue reading Biosecurity Take 2
Every year we test the 5 year old sheep for CL (Caseous lymphadenitis), OPP (Ovine Progressive Pneumonia), and Johnnes Disease. This year it was Iris (commercial Katahdin ewe) and Dazzle (Registered St Croix ewe) Iris in the back, Dazzle in the front. Many years ago we had several problems in the flock and began testing.… Continue reading Biosecurity Screening
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