Livestock & Pets

This section of the website holds articles on everything you need to know about keeping pets and livestock. Choose from the menu on the left to browse our articles.

Worksafe guidelines for sheep fasting times

Occupational Safety and Health Service (OSH) now recommends that sheep are fasted prior to shearing

Stop dagging sheep

Lifestyle blocks are unfortunately a great place to find sheep decorated with dags.

Shearing Sheep

Sheep grow wool continuously, so it is important to shear them at least once a year.

Variety gives boost to lamb growth

Ever eaten Weetbix for breakfast, lunch and dinner?

Signs of lambing

A few weeks before lambing the ewe will “bag up”. You’ll see her udder swelling.

Don't castrate your ram lambs

Before you get the rings out to castrate your lambs this spring, decide if it’s a wise move to turn them into wethers.

When to wean lambs?

If you get things wrong, you’ll end up with poor weaners that will be poor hoggets, and these in turn will make poor-performing ewes over their lifetime.