Lamb ram,what is the right age to buy

That's right the leader and the time The decision Yes Many of us are those who have been left behind And that is the current state That is how things stand Yes that's how you scold the children Come on hurry up with the time You're going to be late Being late And now to hurry Hiba gifts from the battasi family offerings of the sacred tree of kuseko All the people and the wild fig trees trembled with fear as if the mountain itself were shaking Thus mine and the mountain's shadow fade away It's time to celebrate the big event At the time of the great drought the land was barren as if life itself had vanished and the people were left with nothing But today the day because They still went ahead and developed it—it's a form of adaptation The other thing I've mostly noticed in the comment section is people trying to buy younger ones So they'll occasionally say things like "Hey can I get a three-month-old " or "Can I get a four-month-old " And yes it's a good question You can get it from some farmers but my answer to that is Number one is just the risk itself Let's start with the straightforward case—the risk you' re taking by buying a four-month-old and hoping you can keep it going for a full year so it can continue serving you You see within those eight months a great deal could happen And another thing you need to consider is that once they're three months old and begin weaning Normally there's a shock because you've cut the milk and now they' re fully dependent on themselves There's always going to be a shock And when you take it at that instant in the midst of the shock you're thrust into a completely new environment where even the food is different so if you're a beginner you've never encountered anything like this before You don't have this kind of experience Normally you'd start experimenting with feeds now giving this giving that And in the process you end up stunting its growth The animal's development doesn't turn out as you expected okay It happens all the time And you see people disappointed I bought this one here I thought it would look like the sire but it doesn't And it's not the breeder's fault It's usually yours The right question you should be asking is about eight months By eight months you might be able to manage it for around four months and then it starts serving you At eight the risk is doubled okay The development of these animals is truly especially these exotic breeds heavily dependent on their feed and environment This is not animal you can simply send o the pasture especially here You buy one like this and you 'll see how well it's being cared for It's sleeping indoors It's remarkably clean even on this damp morning—see the animal remains spotless Bring it here purchase it here and you take it to a farm where you know the conditions aren't suitable the result is stunted growth Again when you 're buying at three or four months old What traits are you looking for Because when you're selecting a sire when you're choosing a buck or a ram to breed your flock you're focused on the characteristics That's why it's priced accordingly That's why the price is typically higher So what exactly are you seeing here Yeah because the animal hasn't matured fully yet o give you some idea of the characteristics You can't see it at that moment The testicles haven't developed yet You don't know what the hind legs will look like You don't know how you know the build It might appear larger when young because it's nursing and foraging here and there And then once it receives the shock development goes off track What will you do in that exact moment So please consider buying from farmers who allow it First visit the farm Once you' re sure this is what you want buy from a farmer who lets you book or reserve a young one right So you've recognized it by four months You've recognized it by five months Then you place a deposit You allow them to care for the young one up to about eight months Then you can come back and receive what you paid for So you complete the payment you know the bill and come in and one of those few farmers and allow me to plug them here is a Pensy Farm because you see Pensy Farm anything between four to eight months They sell it at one price okay So you're not really doing yourself a favor when buying at four months So they do eight plus two weeks Once it reaches eight months plus two weeks the price begins to rise okay So you can buy early yes and let the animal develop to its full potential Now that everything is visible you can come and select your animal as at this moment you've minimized the risk Then you can move on to breeding And I wish you all the best in that one too So there's a cattle dip over there No no not a cattle dip This is a sheep and goats dip It's over there I would have taken it for I'll show you in a moment Yeah but this is how mornings usually look I want to take you to the other side and show you some of the breeder ramps available right now at are currently breeding the entire flock Hampshire dopers red Karakul and the boar There is also one boar and a Galah cross that started the farm So this is a flock of sheep right here This boar is foraging alone So the piglets on this other side or these are the nursing mothers on the other side So they're out but their children their kids their lambs and young ones are still inside Alright Once weaned they can join the other group but even within this group a few have already been selected for the breeding group You can see all those marked in red on the back indicating they've been mounted and served That drug user over there is another one with the red marks right here This drug user right here this drug user right here has already been taken care of Yeah So once they're served About one month before birth they start flushing so their diet changes slightly It's a bit different from the main flock So they begin to get their mixture They've formulated their own dairy feed here This helps prepare the mother for the lactation cycle And it's helped because if you look at the piglets and the lambs they seem a bit healthier They score above average Now the silage bunkers One of them was sealed eight turns ago at the moment of making this silage They now have four The last time you were here they were just opening the first one That was last September Now they're on the final one But we're already facing harvest In the next two months we'll be compressing another one That's the idea We 're making another one So this is a group of the boys They're just boys nothing more And those are the younger boys mostly from Hampshire So he's a red Karahari Mr Mister is silage So we've got they've got three dopers one Galapagos cross one beast Hampshire Another one broke the arm the forearm So there are supposed to be two There's a Boa breeder here This is a red Karahari It's excessively friendly And this is the Boa Gala cross This is actually two years So you can see the difference Let me wake this man up Notice the difference That man is heavy He's been here for three years and four months now And look at the tag—it clearly says 2022 And these ones as well So they differ by about a year but you can see the size difference The purebred is significantly heavier and much larger And this one too pure red Karahari These are the dopers This is the current breeding ram She has all these colors They spend the night with the ladies He is currently serving a group of 14 and this beast too the Hampshire he is serving a group of 31 And he has some paint too So they work at night During the day they earn their share They’ll scavenge Once they’re done with this They will move into this pasture and then into the other one It's about three acres in total that they 'll be foraging across throughout the day and they get that patch just to eat and do the work at night So these are also boys All of these are Hampshire rams These are oh yeah a few cheaters here One two three Yeah Some of these boys are already booked while others aren't yet They're between six and eight months old This is exactly what you'll find in the Pensy Farms catalog We have a nice catalog on their website which is pensyfarm com Pensyfarm com—this is what you'll find Okay So the thing were discussing earlier you'll notice at this stage between six and eight months You can see the testicles You can observe how the animal is developing At anything less than this you probably couldn't Look at that one And you know it's been completely shaved clean So take a look at this guy Now at this age if you get it now you know exactly what you're dealing with what you're purchasing Anything less than that honestly would just be guesswork Yeah So if you're considering getting a breeder ram From this farm Pensy Farm please visit their website at pensyfarm com If it's a farm visit you can book one there Choose any day you prefer excluding Mondays through Fridays and public holidays then proceed to checkout If you're buying you can choose since they'll also provide you with there's also the sire's history to consider You can see where it comes from That gives you the chance to know whether you have a different flock perhaps to avoid inbreeding since some of these rams were imported from South Africa and wherever you're sourcing from you'd likely have purchased them there or you could have obtained the genes from the same source pool Now this one listed on the website you can see where the sire comes from and that information is available there which is extremely important So visit the website pensyfarm com book a farm visit reserve a ram and come pick it up Once it's ready that is after eight months From eight months and two weeks now it's ready to pick up right So yeah this is normally what a morning here looks like This is the famous Mau Forest with the farm located right at the forest's edge That fence you can see separates the settlement from the forest and the water tower stretching all the way to Kiricho and Narok And here we are in Nakuru County Right next to Kurosoi yeah we're in Kurosoi right That's all from me And yeah thanks for spending some time with me I hope you've found some value in this and yes let's keep doing this If you enjoy this kind of video where it's just me and a camera Wandering around ranting please like so I know or comment so I can show you more of this on different farms Sometimes I don’t have anyone to interview Farm owners can sometimes be shy and some don’t even know what to say which is why interviews can occasionally be challenging But I’m always on farms because I work with systems We're here for example to install a farm management system So I get the chance to be out on the farms and pick up a thing or two However it's tricky and there's no one to interview So I'll just share my observations with you—based on our previous conversations and my own experience since then That's all from me for now And I hope to see you again soon Bye-bye