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2611 Mile Post Rd, Sunbury, PA 17801
Pack years of lambing experience into one day with veterinarian Dr. Jackie Rapp, a panel of shepherds, and a barnful of lambs. The morning session will cover Pre-Lambing Management, Normal Birthing Process, Deciding Whether to Call The Vet, Top Ten Tips for Saving Lambs, and a demonstration of a necropsy to determine "Why Did This Lamb Die?"
Then we'll head to the barn to demonstrate and practice management tasks such as ear-tagging, tube feeding, tail docking, nursing difficulties, and other common problems. Even more important, we'll show you how to recognize the behavior of healthy newborns who do not need your help. We will be in the middle of lambing 130 ewes at the time of the workshop, creating ample opportunity for observation and case study. We raise Katahdins and Coopworths, with different lambing set-ups for each.
Fee is $65 per person 12 and over. Younger kids free, though it may be a long, cold day watching adults blather on about sheep.
Register at www.owensfarm.com.
Caroline Owens graduated from Cornell in 1979 with a B.S. in Animal Science/Ag Education. She taught Vo-Ag and went to various marketing jobs before circling back to farming just when sustainable ag was becoming 'a thing'. See more about Owens Farm at www.owensfarm.com
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