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The Katahdin Sheep Blog
Meet the EAPK Board of Directors Candidates
Eastern Alliance
June 8, 2026
Meet the four candidates that have stepped up and are running for the two seats that are opening up on the EAPK Board in July.
Getting Started with Sheep: Part II – Now That You’re a Shepherd
Eastern Alliance
April 11, 2026
Congratulations if you’ve recently purchased sheep or are making plans to acquire your own flock. Now that you are officially a shepherd, the following information
Survey Results
Eastern Alliance
March 11, 2026
A big THANK YOU! to everyone who participated in our survey. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your thoughts and ideas.
Creep Feeding: Is it the Right Choice for your Operation?
Eastern Alliance
March 4, 2026
Creep feeding is a means of providing supplemental nutrition to lambs before weaning. Not all producers creep feed their lambs since most can easily thrive
Preventing Lamb Losses: 30 Days Through Weaning
Eastern Alliance
March 4, 2026
For the purposes of this article, we assume that lambs will be weaned around 60-90 days of age. At 30 days old, lambs’ rumens are
Not all sheep ailments are common ones
Eastern Alliance
February 1, 2026
In August we euthanized a Katahdin yearling ewe that was later diagnosed with large cell lymphoma (LCL), a cancer of the blood that leads to
Getting Started with Sheep: Part I – Things to Consider
Eastern Alliance
January 22, 2026
So, you’ve decided that sheep might be a nice addition to your existing farm, or a good place to start your farming adventures. You may
Preventing Lamb Losses: The first 30 days
Eastern Alliance
January 12, 2026
Lambing is an exciting time of year, especially when everything goes well. It’s also an economically important time; after all, you can’t sell lambs that
Sheep Vaccines
Eastern Alliance
January 5, 2026
There are multiple vaccines licensed for sheep in the USA, and it might be difficult to decide which ones to use on your farm. We
Reproductive Technologies for Genetic Improvement
Eastern Alliance
December 13, 2025
Adoption of reproductive technologies (artificial insemination and embryo transfer) is commonplace in the dairy cattle industry, significant in the beef cattle industry, and is becoming