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commercial sheep farming
theking
#1 Posted : Wednesday, June 08, 2016 4:45:02 PM
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Hi wazuans, I'm setting up a small commercial farm starting next week on a quarter acre of land in kikuyu. Initial costs are the workman structure, sheep structure,tank and fencing totaling to around 130k or thereabout. Planning to start with 4 pregnant dorper ewes.
Feeds: to start with, there's nearby grazing land but I'm also planning to plant some maize, lucern and tulips for making silage esp for dry season.
Any words of advice will be highly appreciated.
Zenge
#2 Posted : Wednesday, June 08, 2016 5:41:30 PM
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Sheep are grazers and require a large area to feed throughout the year. large pieces of land are subdivided into paddocks which enables good distribution of feed. I know that sheep are quite profitable given that they reproduce fast and they are a low maintenance animal
shadowinvestor
#3 Posted : Tuesday, June 14, 2016 3:10:02 PM
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Dorper do well in drier areas and as Zenge said, need plenty of land. Hio 130k take it to Laikipia, lease 10 acres(simple fence should do) get a maasai to look after them, water-River, Grass-Plenty of it,Deworm every 6 months, give salts every 4 months. Sheep give birth to twins, 8 months an Ewe can mate. Get a high quality Ram, prefarably from Dorpers Breeders association(change every year to avoid inbreeding)
management
visit the area twice a month.
mawinder
#4 Posted : Tuesday, June 14, 2016 8:28:59 PM
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shadowinvestor wrote:
Dorper do well in drier areas and as Zenge said, need plenty of land. Hio 130k take it to Laikipia, lease 10 acres(simple fence should do) get a maasai to look after them, water-River, Grass-Plenty of it,Deworm every 6 months, give salts every 4 months. Sheep give birth to twins, 8 months an Ewe can mate. Get a high quality Ram, prefarably from Dorpers Breeders association(change every year to avoid inbreeding)
management
visit the area twice a month.

Sheep give birth to twins???
Kili
#5 Posted : Tuesday, June 14, 2016 8:38:03 PM
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Small ruminants which include sheep & goats generally,have high probabilities of twinning.
aljazeera
#6 Posted : Wednesday, June 15, 2016 11:43:59 AM
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Great Idea,will you share the sheep structure you have in mind once completed.
Doing a set up for goats early next month.
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#7 Posted : Monday, June 20, 2016 2:27:16 PM
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Dorpers in Kikuyu could be a problem as the area is cold. They seem to thrive in hotter areas like Kajiado. You may want to try a different kind of sheep like the Merino, which is accustomed to cold areas.
Also, just like humans, sheep do not always give birth to twins. They can however give birth twice a year depending on your breeding program.
theking
#8 Posted : Monday, June 20, 2016 3:51:22 PM
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I thought and thought again and decided to do dairy instead. Pumped in some more capital since cows are expensive to buy. Structure on course, should be done hopefully end of week, then 2 in calf heifers come in
lekamu
#9 Posted : Tuesday, June 21, 2016 8:39:26 PM
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theking wrote:
I thought and thought again and decided to do dairy instead. Pumped in some more capital since cows are expensive to buy. Structure on course, should be done hopefully end of week, then 2 in calf heifers come in



Goat farming in Uganda
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theking
#10 Posted : Sunday, July 24, 2016 4:38:07 AM
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Patiently waiting for Sept/Oct to start my harvest God willing, got myself 2 incalf heifers to kick start my dairy farming
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