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The Sheep Show Podcast with Jill & Andrew Noble — 221 episodes

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1

Weaning - should you or should you not!?

2

How to decide what ewe lambs to keep

3

Horned sheep v the world!

4

Lambing 2026 part 4 - the final installment!

5

Lambing 2026 part 3

6

Lambing 2026 part 2

7

Lambing 2026 part 1

8

Bull about sheep - busting sheep myths!

9

Reading your paddocks from the gate - the art of assesing pasture for sheep grazing

10

The art of flockmanship - what to look for when you are looking at your flock

11

Feeding sheep over winter - what are the choices and options

12

The psychology of farming - why do we do it!!?

13

The one where we help Andrew decide what to look for in a new ram!

14

The Victorian Sheep Show 2026 - what you can expect!

15

Is your grass sheep sick? Pasture managememt for all seasons.

16

How does a sheep enterprise stack up on returns $$$

17

Pregnancy scanning mixed emotions 2026

18

Finishing lambs - is it worth it?

19

Smart shepherding when you are solo sheeping

20

Farming philosophies - organic, conventional, traditional, regenerative

21

Sheep Farm Economics: what to measure and what sort of numbers to track

22

Lamb (and red meat) is a super food! Jill becomes a red meat ambassador!

23

Sheep Happens: Lessons from lambing (IR) and joining (OZ) 2026

24

Sellling meat direct in Ireland and Australia - how to make it work for everyone!

25

Five things that suck your profit margin with sheep farming?

26

Systems for early sheep selection

27

Operation Foster Lamb - how to get ewes to raise more lambs so you don't have to!

28

Happy hooves with sheep

29

Predicting parasite issues in your sheep

30

Lanark sheep breed focus

31

Experiencing a farm audit

32

Managing and preparing for extremes

33

Healthy Ewes- Managing Preg Tox, Toxo & Joining Success

34

The essential prelambing tool for any sheep farmer

35

Cash flow in sheep farming - what's the secret to a stready,sustainable stream!?

36

Reflections on sheeping in 2025

37

How did we get here with sheep and the pod!

38

We're back! What's been happening and what can you look forward to in 2026!

39

Championing Wool with Samantha Wan

40

Why is there so much conflicting advice with sheep?

41

Put a ring on it! What you need to know before you decide to breed rams

42

What clothes to wear for sheeping?

43

Turning sheepbreeding on its head with Jake Wolki from Wolki Farm

44

What colours can sheep see?

45

Neighbours and biosecurity risks with sheep

46

Sudden death in sheep

47

Benefits of home bred ewes

48

The function of horns on sheep

49

Snot in sheep!

50

Flighting the foxes

51

Selling means educating! Exploring new sales strategies for lamb

52

Sheep balancing act and getting ready for joining

53

Winter sheep farming in Ireland - what I learned!

54

Can sheep save you? Meet Deb Holmquist - a shepherdess beaten but never broken

55

Homosexuality in rams

56

How to read sheep body language?

57

Tagging sheep - why, what and how!

58

How to speak sheep! What are my sheep trying to tell me?

59

One health for the win with Jessi Hekmati

60

Mismatched twins in sheep

61

Managing heat stress in sheep

62

Are your sheep fit to load?

63

Lessons about labels

64

Wiltshire Horn sheep breed focus

65

Review of Heatwave milk warmer

66

Shearing sheep with Chloe the Shearer

67

Milking sheep on your homestead with Rachel Hester from Whoopsy Daisy Farm

68

Lambing Diaries 2024 vol 3

69

Lambing Diaries 2024 vol 2

70

Lambing Diaries 2024 vol 1

71

Hair sheep breeds of the world

72

Dual Purpose sheep breeds of the world

73

Wool sheep breeds of the world - long and fine wool breeds

74

Meat sheep breeds of the world

75

A short history of sheep!

76

What is a maternal sheep breeding system?

77

What is a terminal sheep breeding system?

78

Market and sell your sheep with Youchoose

79

Flight zones and moving sheep

80

Scanning sheep two ways - muscle and pregnancy scanning 2024

81

Siblings talking sheep - Ireland v Australia shepherding

82

Irish lambing lessons

83

Focus on Forelimbs with Matt Hill - Sheep shoulders everything you need to know

84

Natural sheep grazing behaviour

85

So what do you do when a sheep dies?

86

Rams and twins

87

How to reduce the worm burden on your farm

88

What drench for what worm?

89

Barber's Pole Worm - what you need to know to fight back now

90

Flushing ewes for maxiumum ovulation

91

Grass v grain fed lamb - what is the difference?

92

Sheep lessons I learned in 2023

93

Sheep present ideas for the sheep obsessed!

94

Know your why for going stud or being a commercial sheep breeder

95

Ways to prevent foot issues and lameness in your sheep

96

Growing from 3 to 30 sheep - the steps you need to take

97

What drench should I use on my sheep?

98

Five natural therapies for sheep

99

Opportunities for producing lamb in volatile times

100

Regenerative Agriculture 101 and how your sheep can help!

101

Attracting amazing sheep customers

102

Preparing for drought - what you can do now for you and your sheep

103

Supplement your sheep with salt

104

What sheep handler is right for me and my sheep?

105

Lambing diaries 2023 and what I will change for 2024

106

The kits you need for lambing and what is new in my kit!

107

Bottle feeding lambs - why, what and how to do it

108

Have ewe got cleavage! Tips on sheep udders and teats.

109

Ovine Johne's Disease - what you need to know

110

Critical colostrum - how important is it?

111

Dealing with dystocia in lambing

112

Farm audit - buying or upgrading a farm for sheep - what to look for

113

Style, structure and sheep - what you need to know

114

Let people in - How you can attract youth to your farm with Brooklyn Collocott and Tash Pollard

115

Happy Hampies - Hampshire Down sheep with Tash Pollard from Blackpond Stud

116

Life expectancy of sheep and what impacts this

117

Selenium, Vitamin E and Sheep Success

118

Six things we don't regret doing on our farm

119

Cud spilling in sheep

120

Think like a sheep - How to encourage positive sheep behaviour

121

Sheep sparking creativity- an interview with The Dust Bowl Faeries

122

How to make more money from your sheep farm with agriventures!

123

Hybrid Vigour in sheep - why cross or straight breed?

124

Ram Jam - how to introduce rams to each other

125

Beautiful Babydolls

126

Are sheep the solution to weed control?

127

Why ewes don't get pregnant?

128

Do sheep and electric fences mix?

129

Who actually let the dogs out? Managing wild dog predation with Greg Mifsud from the Wild Dog Action Plan

130

Farm finance 101 - what you need to think about when setting up the finances for a farm

131

Stacey's sheep secrets

132

My annual sheep schedule

133

Can sheep get ringworm?

134

Sheep are smart!

135

The lambing diaries volume 3.2 - Lambing wrap up!

136

The lambing diaries volume 3.1 - Lambing tips from Bryan Noble

137

Butcher Bytes - with Lochie Waters - what this award winning butcher wants to see in a lamb carcase

138

Sheep shopping splurge - What I've bought to prepare for lambing 2022

139

Work with nature - understanding ewes' cycles

140

Killing your sheep with kindness - introducing your sheep to supplementary feed

141

Sheep yard design on a budget!

142

Ovine Brucellosis - everything you need to know

143

Is it time to put your sheep on a diet? Obesity isn't good for anyone!

144

Smart Shepherding with Science

145

Sheep's legs and their structure with Gavin Vale

146

Three reasons why my lambs are not growing

147

How many sheep can I run on my farm?

148

Team Ruminant - The Carnivore Way of Eating with Lynsey from CarniMumma and Carnivore Lifestyle Australia

149

Sheep foot notes and why sheep feet health is so confusing

150

Should I drench my lambs for tapeworm or not?

151

How you can influence the taste of your lamb!

152

Setting your breed objectives with Simon Thomas from Silk Southdowns

153

Tame v Wild - Mob breeding in sheep with Bjorn Johansson

154

Structural soundness in sheep - get the basics right with Ash Trebilco

155

Vaccinations in sheep - why, which ones and when

156

Mastitis in ewes - what causes it and what to do about it

157

Fly strike in sheep - a parasite paradise!

158

Tagging tales - tips and tricks on tagging sheep and lambs

159

Shedding light on shedding sheep

160

How to care for your ewes post-lambing

161

Scabby mouth - how to prevent and treat it!

162

Preventing bloat in bottle fed lambs with Sez the Vet

163

The Lambing diaries - Volume 2.3

164

The Lambing diaries - Volume 2.2

165

The lambing diaries - Volume 2.1

166

Prevention is better than cure - rumen acidosis in sheep and lambs

167

What is the best paddock choice for lambing success and survival?

168

A learning experience with 4H Ontario on sheep and farming in Australia

169

Minerals for sheep - the specifics with Stefanie Hildmann (https://stefaniehildmann.com/)

170

Who are our mentors in farming, shepherding and rural life - a chat with Gaz

171

Sheep gestation - A guide for you and your ewe!

172

Simon shows sheep! - Showing sheep successfully with Simon Makeham from North South stud

173

How to halter train your sheep and lambs!

174

Showing your sheep - dos and don't of showing sheep

175

Cuts and cooking - lamb for our inner chef!

176

Condition scoring your sheep - why do it, how do it and when to do it!

177

Showing sheep during COVID and participating in 30 shows in 12 months with Amanda and Scott Watkins from Tillara Park Suffolks

178

Learn to line breed sheep with Jason O'Loghlin from O'Loghlin Wiltshire Horn Sheep Stud.

179

Worried about worms? What are they, why do they impact sheep so much and what to do about them in sheep and lambs.

180

Doing dairy with Becca from Hidden Hollow, Idaho - raising and milking dairy sheep

181

Digging into sheep breeding with Doug Deppeler - what you learn after breeding sheep for 50 years!

182

Jumping for joining - how to have a successful ewe joining season

183

All things weird and wonderful - defects in lambs and sheep

184

Marketing your sheep small business like a pro with Meredith Paige!

185

Sheep farming the convenient way - Cross breeding sheep in Ireland with Andrew Noble

186

Two tooth or not two tooth! - all you need to know about sheep's teeth

187

Five business skills all sheep farmers need

188

Go for growth - What you can do to get better growth rates in sheep?

189

Smart Sheep Selling Strategies - how to sell and market your sheep

190

Cull with confidence - which sheep to cull from your flock and why

191

The whys and wherefores of weaning lambs

192

The orginal coat - how Eve Girdwood produced a wool coat from her own sheep

193

For the love of sheep - meet Erin Douglas and her passion for getting young people into sheep

194

Marking lambs in a nutshell!

195

Sire shopping - when, how and what to buy in a new ram

196

Happy, sappy lambs - helpful health hints for lambs over two weeks old

197

The lambing diaries - volume 4 with bonus from Gary on managing mud!

198

The lambing diaries - volume 3

199

The lambing diaries - volume 2

200

The lambing diaries - volume 1

201

Australia's first Virtual Sheep Show - The Silk Southdown Rona Show event

202

The ugly side of lambing – abortions, stillborns and metabolic disorders in sheep

203

Lambing 2.0 – What to do when ewe need help! With Brett (Davis) the Vet from GV Vets!

204

Lambing 101 - what to expect when you are expecting...lambs!

205

Pride in your product from paddock to plate - selling your lamb direct with Katie Lindorff from Linners Lamb

206

Putting meat into the market – sheep muscle scanning with Geoff Davey from Stockscan

207

Lions and tigers and bears! Managing pedator risk in sheep production with Crystal Emsoff from the Emsoff Livestock Production Company USA

208

How to get the sheep breeding balance right - structural correctness Vs performance with Nick Lawrence from Pinnacle Stud

209

The war against sheep worms - and how to win it! With David Smith from the Moredun Institute Scotland

210

Growing great grass with Gary - what rotational grazing can do for your soil and your sheep!

211

Simon's statistics for sheep success - What data should you record with Simon Thomas from Silk Southdown Stud

212

The tale of tails - animal welfare and lamb pain management using Numnuts with inventor Robin Smith

213

The wonder of wool! - explore the world of wool and wool sheep with Gavin Wall

214

Agricultural acronyms for sheep - your legal obligations in your country

215

Avoiding rookie mistakes when buying sheep with Jason O'Loghlin

216

Sheep School - How Ashlea and Olivia Cross (AKA The Siblings of Sheep) learned their sheep skills

217

ShAPPS - apps for sheep! What apps can help you in your sheep enterprise!

218

Top Secret Sheep Secrets - What you need to know about breeding sheep!!

219

Find your match with sheep

220

Besotted with sheep!

221

How did your sheep journey start?