5 Reasons Katahdin Sheep are BEST for Beginners

Hi everybody! In today’s video we’re talking about Katahdin sheep and all of the reasons they make great sheep for beginners.

I hope this helps.

Happy homesteading!

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Timestamps:
00:00 Katahdin Sheep are dope
0:24 Newbie
1:33 Benefits of Hair Sheep
3:21 Hybrid Vigor
5:27 Accessibility
6:44 Parasite Resistance
8:09 Carcass Yield
9:41 Lightning Round
11:16 Quote of the Day

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ABOUT Homesteading with PJ!

Hi! I’m PJ, and my family loves the homesteading life! It’s something my wife and I have always wanted to do, but we grew up with ZERO HOMESTEADING EXPERIENCE!!!!! We grew up in beautiful southern California, 15 minutes away from the beach. As amazing as that was, we both dreamed of a life closer to land and animals. After getting married and moving to Utah, our family slowly grew. We had become a family of four living in a townhome with a small backyard filled with potted plants.

In 2019 we dipped our feet into homesteading on 1 ¼ acre lot in Utah. In 18 months we were ready to do this for real. So in 2021 we packed everything up and moved to North Carolina to 12 acres and we love every inch of our homestead!

We raise sheep and have big plans for:
• grass-fed lamb
• meat chickens
• laying chickens
• heritage breed pork
• honey
• vegetable garden
• perennial food forest
• and more

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Thank you for the music!

St. Croix Sheep Photo:
Carly & Art from Washington, DC, CC BY-SA 2.0

[yolandaackerman]

I like Katahdin ewes. However, the rams I got suck. So, I got a Dorper/Katahdin mix and I really like its personality. Very gentle and stand-offish. Better than getting rammed.

[BlackFrog]

Bravo Sir. Excellent Info, as well as straight forward.

[Make-A-WAY-Farm]

Team St Croix here!! Like the carcass of the Katahdin and Dorper. Here in Louisiana St Croix can handle the heat and humidity.

[donaldmartin]

As always another great and very informative video. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. Really enjoy your videos and channel.👊🏾

[PaulJWong-ykuw]

i was so pumped when i saw you picked up some katahdins. they are so sweet and docile.
whats really cool is when you start mix and matching. kadorpers is so common for the hair sheep guys here. you basically breed to the quality you want the most all around and when you notice theres some flaws coming out of a year of lambs you mix up more dorper or more katahdin the next year.
funny with the ram thing, our full blood dorper ram named lucy-- lucifer... was a wild guy until he settled in and is an absolute doll...
his predecessor named gilbert-- who was a big ole katahdin ram, not so much, he was 250 lbs of musle and full on tried to kill me.
only downside with rams is that your kats are lanky so they will have a bit more reach when they get wild.. but you dont need to worry about that with ewes. they are all so sweet.
bang on about all of those qualities... so just to put a bug in your ear if you ever get back to breeding... imagine the wonderful characteristics of the katahdin moms, the stocky long loins of the dorper dad... and the best of both worlds. and once youre done, sell the ram or eat him :P

[ninapleva]

This was an excellent video for those of us who are researching. Thank you!! Very clear, well thought out and easy to follow.

[travishoeffel]

You should do a video on plants that are poisonous to sheep and how to manage them.

[ShepherdsCreek]

Katahdin are super common around here. I was super set on getting royal white which isn't really available as a breed in canada like it is in the US. The best you can get is st. Croix ewes and a white dorper ram and getting the cross. They're still great sheep but it is incredibly hard to get new genetics into a flock because both of those breeds are super rare. I'd love to expand on those breeds more because I do really like them both, however it would be much easier to go with katahdins simply for the availability. Maybe I'll expand into katahdins some day too :)

[scottyarellano]

Always enjoy the info PJ. Being in Utah, would you still recommend Katahdin? I am pretty interested in Icelandic. Too many breeds to choose from.

[langdonowen]

"If you value your pelvis, go Katahdin" hahaha

[heltonrural]

Seus animais são de qualidade superior gratidão por compartilhar saludos de Brasil

[StewartFarmApiary]

Great video. We have katahdin sheep and finish them off on soybean meal the last month. Have you considered that?

[HoneyHollowHomestead]

I just got into Katahdin sheep, been raising goats. Trying to figure out WHY my ram is having diarrhea. Had a fecal done, came back coccidia. Went through the treatment and have been feeding medicated feed to him and the 2 ewes. He STILL has very loose poop, his butt is poopy. I will be talking to my vet tomorrow (he raises sheep, too).

[jeansroses]

last August, we were given Katahdin ram and ewe; they had only been about a year old, but it wasn't known if the ewe was pregnant. the ram was very gentle, etc. Now that it's May, we still haven't gotten a lamb, so wondering if the ram is effective or not. Also, the ram has slowly become very mean, with butting us, ramming us, etc, so we've had to start using a billy club to keep him in check. They are all those other things you mentioned--hair coming off by itself, good foragers (but they like my roses), and nicely not needing to be docked anywhere. We're hoping to get meat lambs from them, so I'm not sure how much more time to give them to produce a lamb.

[kathleenredick]

I live at about 3400 ft in AZ. It is both hot (100s) and cold (20s) in the year here. Have wondered if Katahdins work here.

[luketilley]

I'm wanting a few hair sheep and know absolutely nothing about sheep. I was told katahdin crossed with Barbados Blackbelly are the perfect homestead sheep? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Very hot and humid down here in the Swamp 😎👍

[jenniferturner]

With having to wait 13-14 months to process, is the meat more gamey tasting and tougher?

[AmbersDaintyBush]

Can you do anything with the shed hair as a byproduct? Or is it more like horse hair?

[neurochiropx]

Time to trade in the goats 🐐 for these guys I'm thinking!

[kathleenredick]

I have a friend who does Dorper Katahdin mix