Shepherd Hill Farms is here to see to the successful ways of breeding Rams and Ewes.

UDA
BALAMI
YANKASA

These are the major breeds in Nigeria. follow to be updated. Cheers!
PS; Keeping animals is fun with challenges that are met to keep the farm running!

CHOICE OF BREED AND PURPOSE

All listed breeds above serve both the purpose of breeding and fattening.

Uda for their Body Mass
Balami for their colour preference
Yankasa seems to be and intermediary

Also pertains to their Ewes' formation.

Hello, pls when is the right time buy ram for fattening towards salah. And where in d north wi ll i get it cheap. Thanks

Where can I get this breed and what's the cost like ?

SOURCING FOR ANIMALS (RAMS AND EWES), as an answer to above questions

LOCATIONS: Northern part of Nigeria, (the father you tend to go towards the northern part of Nigeria, the cheaper the purchase price rate of the animals). NIGER, KEBBI, ZAMFARA, TARABA, YOBE among others.

SOURCING STRATEGIES:
1. Open Markets
Cons:
* Ill-animals brought to the market to be disposed.
* Rate of adaptability is reduced (pertains to southern part of the country)
* Pure breed line not ascertain

Pros:
* Purchase Price is relatively lower
* Interactions with other local ranchers in the market (whatever that means )

2. Established Ranches
Cons:
* High purchase price

Pros:
* Relative increase rate of adaptability
* Breed line certainty is high
* Animal health record can be known

PS; Mission is for successful breeding and fattening of animals.

PPS; Shepherd Hill Farms will also be supplying animals for festive (to keep the farm running, aside the challenges, profit is to be made. Thank you, Cheers )

FEEDING YOUR ANIMALS

Sources of Feeds include;
Hay
Silage
Concentrate - Feed formation

Other Local sources;
Beans chaff
Groundnut/Beans Haulm
Rough Veggies
Wheat Offal.

Note; the sustainability of a ranch depends largely on feed source (finance).

Pls ur location and what time of the year will i get d rams cheaper for fattening

We are in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

You normally get Cheaper Price for animals during the dry season.

How can the animals gain height? What breed is the tallest and gets fat when fed well?
Currently I own a small farm of 10 animals. I plan to expand.

The weight and height as a limit with their genetics, age and breeding (feeds).

Feeding them to gain body weight requires introduction of grains or its bye products.

For fattening purpose, Uda and Balami will be just fine.