Iron H Ranch & Stockdogs
Description
Shepherding and Stock Dog services. Iron H Ranch is dedicated to producing high quality market lambs, boer goats, and working border collies. Here at Iron H Ranch, I am starting to develop a high quality sheep flock and goat herd. Also, I am continuing with developing a few select working border collies. I recently finished my Animal Science Technology program at Lakeland College, Vermilion, AB.
My sheep flock consists mainly of Ile De France with Medicine Ridge genetics, and commercial Suffolk ewes.
The goat herd is strictly purebred Boer goats, their genetics originating mainly from Sugarfield Farms in Ontario, Canada.
My goal is to develop low-maintenance animals with top notch conformation/health, mothering skills, milk production, carcass qualities, and impressive displays of growth/feed conversion.
My border collie stock dogs are an everyday part of running my operation. They assist with feeding, shepherding, lambing, and are used year round on the ranch on cattle, sheep and goats. I expect my dogs to be tough, biddable, and very natural, I want my dogs to perform on the ranch, in the trial field, and also in the family environment. I find great satisfaction in training a talented individual and shaping them into a hard working ranch partner. I sell started and fully trained border collies, I do not take in client dogs.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
- Alyshia Hummel
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facebook.comLooks like there could be quite a bit of rain this weekend in the Smithers area. Just a reminder for shepherds to please keep their sheep dry for at least two days before shearing! Wet sheep cannot be shorn. Good luck and hopefully the rain holds off for the weekend!
We are very excited for our Smithers area sheep shearing run this coming weekend! Looking forward to visiting all of our shepherds from last seasons run, and also meeting a few new shepherds for this year! If you haven't booked your sheep in yet, feel free to give us a call. Scott and Alyshia Stoecker 250-695-6415
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Smithers Shearing trip was a great success, happy sheep and happy shepherds! It was a treat to meet new folks and get to know more shepherds during our trip. Will be doing another Smithers Shearing trip end-of-June or early-July. If you have any questions or want to book your flock in you can send me a message or call me at 250-694-3488.
SMITHERS SHEARING DAYS: planned for MAY 24th - MAY 26th. Feel free to message or call at 250-694-3488 to book your sheep flock.
Attention Smithers area shepherds, I will be moving my shearing weekend for your area from beginning of May to mid-May. Please feel free to message me with any questions or to book your flock for that time.
Shepherds are booking there flocks in the Smithers, Houston, and Burns Lake area for shearing! Looking forward to meeting the local shepherds and their sheep flocks this spring...
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"Men or women who are good shepherds were held in the highest esteem, regardless of being to modern eyes as 'just employees'. To be a shepherd was to stand as tall as any man." - James Rebanks in "The Shepherd's Life, Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape".
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