Posts by Ulf Kintzel

Ulf owns and operates White Clover Sheep Farm and breeds and raises grass-fed White Dorper sheep without any grain feeding and offers breeding stock suitable for grazing. He is a native of Germany and lives in the US since 1995. He farms in the Finger Lakes area in upstate New York. His website address is www.whitecloversheepfarm.com. He can be reached by e-mail at ulf@whitecloversheepfarm.com or by phone during “calling hour” indicated on the answering machine at 585-554-3313.

Electric Nettings for Sheep: Useful Tips

By Ulf Kintzel / October 7, 2013

Note to Reader I wrote a previous article which appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Small Farm Quarterly which covered basic information about electric nettings – what they…

Sheep Barn Interior Design: Wooden Panels

By Ulf Kintzel / July 1, 2013

If you can handle a drill, a saw, and a few other simple tools, this article describes how to assemble panels for pens, lambing jugs, and a creep feeder. While…

The Chute

By Ulf Kintzel / March 27, 2013

I get many questions about equipment needed to raise sheep – be it electric fencing, hay and mineral feeders, panels, or the chute. While all these items can be purchased,…

Does Red Clover Cause Infertility in Sheep?

By Ulf Kintzel / January 7, 2013

Various legumes and clovers, especially the red clover, are said to cause temporary infertility in female sheep when grazed during breeding season. If grazed for a prolonged period of…

The “Perfect” Sheep Pasture

By Ulf Kintzel / April 2, 2012

“The perfect is the enemy of the good.” Voltaire In a sheep farming operation that relies on grazing alone without feeding any grain, the pasture is of utmost importance. If…

Winter versus Spring Lambing

By Ulf Kintzel / January 9, 2012

In past decades it was common wisdom to lamb in the barn during the winter months in January and February. It was heavily promoted as the right thing to do.…

Managing a Buying Club for Freezer Lambs

By Ulf Kintzel / October 3, 2011

If you are raising animals and are looking for an additional option to sell your product, consider selling it through a buying club. I do. While this method is the…

In Defense of Specialization

By Ulf Kintzel / July 4, 2011

The case has often been made that a diverse farm is less vulnerable if the market for one product, say pork, collapses. The other products produced on the farm will…

Livestock Guardian Dogs

By Ulf Kintzel / April 2, 2011

It occurred on a spring morning in the mid 90s in New Jersey. I had lambing season. I drove out to my flock to the pasture I rented from the…

Dorper Sheep: Truths and Myths

By Ulf Kintzel / January 9, 2011

After being in the business of raising wool sheep of various kinds for two decades, I decided in 2005 to start with hair sheep. It was a fairly bold move…