Stomp & Steer Ranch

Stomp & Steer Ranch Our mission is to raise American Blackbelly sheep that meet all bred standards, have calm temperaments, parasite resistant and are great mothers.

we use our Australian Kelpies to manage our sheep using low stress livestock management techniques.

Since the 4th of July is a week away we always want to make sure our animals have the choice to be where they feel safes...
06/26/2025

Since the 4th of July is a week away we always want to make sure our animals have the choice to be where they feel safest so the track system is taken down temporarily so everyone can roam freely. The horses were certainly excited 😊 Thankfully all our horses do pretty well with fireworks. Once the first couple are lit off they find their place and even when we go and check on them they are not shaking or anything concerning so we are grateful for that.

Fans and misting hoses are what hots days at the ranch call for. The horses first thought the hose was a spitting snake ...
06/24/2025

Fans and misting hoses are what hots days at the ranch call for. The horses first thought the hose was a spitting snake so treats had to be involved to get them to trust it 😄 The chickens love to stand in front of the fan on the watered down concrete to get some relief.

Part of the reason we have almost 50 different native plants purposely planted plus multiple water sources here is for t...
06/23/2025

Part of the reason we have almost 50 different native plants purposely planted plus multiple water sources here is for this little guy and his big brother that wouldn'tstop ling enoughfor me to get a picture. Did you know dragonflies are natural predators to horse flys so just their presence keeps our animals happier?

Today the ewes got DNA tested after the board of BBSAI asked us to participate plus a spa day (aka hoof trimmings) and ...
05/22/2025

Today the ewes got DNA tested after the board of BBSAI asked us to participate plus a spa day (aka hoof trimmings) and the lambs got new earrings (aka ear tags).
Poor Luna, we nicked a vein during the DNA sample and it took us about 40 mins to get it to quit bleeding. She did not seem to be in much pain more just annoyed with us 😒 sorry Luna 💓
Afterwards we took them to a nice grassy area as a thanks for their cooperation today.

05/14/2025

Owning livestock is beautiful, but it’s also brutal.

People show the good parts. The chicks hatching. The newborns learning to stand. That first wobble. That first feed. And yes, it’s magical. It’s what keeps you going.

But what they don’t show is the grief.
The way you walk into the barn and something’s wrong.
The panic. The helplessness. The silence that follows.

We don’t just own animals, we love them.
Even when we have dozens, we know each one. Their quirks. Their sounds. Their routines.
We bottle feed them. We cheer for their first steps. We hope for them.

And when we lose one, it wrecks us.
No, it doesn’t get easier.
Not when you loved them like that.

You still cry in the stall.
You still carry the guilt.
You still bury them with your own two hands and whisper “I’m sorry” even if you did everything you could.

This life is raw.
It’s real.
It’s soul work.
And it hurts, because love always does.

Sometimes you have to just slow down and go relax in the pasture with the horses. Soldier takes his nap time very seriou...
05/08/2025

Sometimes you have to just slow down and go relax in the pasture with the horses. Soldier takes his nap time very seriously 😴

Luna was the final ewe to lamb and she didn't disappoint. A 7 # and 9 # beautifully marked girls 🤩 So happy that lambing...
04/30/2025

Luna was the final ewe to lamb and she didn't disappoint. A 7 # and 9 # beautifully marked girls 🤩

So happy that lambing season is over. Final count is 17 total lambs, 13 girls and 4 boys. We lost 2 girls and 2 boys during lambing so final numbers are 11 girls and 2 boys 🤯 Tank sure does know how to produce girls! We have never had a lambing season so dominated by one s*x.

Well thats a first...Ping (our matriarch and herd queen) gave birth to a pure black 9 # ewe lamb 🤯 and another 8 # ewe l...
04/25/2025

Well thats a first...Ping (our matriarch and herd queen) gave birth to a pure black 9 # ewe lamb 🤯 and another 8 # ewe lamb. Thank you to Holly Rene Gill for being my eyes and ears since we had a doctor's appointment and could not be there. Thankfully all went well with the delivery and mom and babies are doing well ❤🖤❤

Happy Eath Day!Keep an eye out next month for extra seedling and plants that will be available to a good home. Lots of I...
04/22/2025

Happy Eath Day!
Keep an eye out next month for extra seedling and plants that will be available to a good home. Lots of Indiana native plants ❤

💔 It's with a heavy heart that I post that little Lambo did not survive. We did everything we could think of to save him...
04/21/2025

💔 It's with a heavy heart that I post that little Lambo did not survive. We did everything we could think of to save him but ultimately it seems like something was wrong with him internally. At 2 weeks old he wouldn't eat or p**p on his own and he started to refuse even force feeding so we made the very difficult decision to humanly euthanize him.
Lots of tears were shed but ultimately he left this world peacefully and knowing that he was loved. We know he is no longer in a body that was not functioning properly which gives us some peace.
This ranch life can be cruel at times.

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Anderson, IN
46012

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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