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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.

01/22/2025

With these below 0 temps we make sure everyone has access to covered areas with bedding, plenty of free choice food and heated water. We also add extra food to areas that are out of the wind. Our back fence line is lined with trees and is often a relaxation area of choice during windy days so this is where we add the extra food. Everyone is seems unphased so far by these cold temps 🥳

11/23/2024

Our chicken, Flame, went missing about 3 days ago. We searched around the property and didn't find any signs of a predator attack so last night at shut down I got the ladder out and checked the hay loft and look who I found...sitting on...28 eggs 🤯 When I took her off the nest she had eggs stuffed up under her wings 😆 I tried explaining to her the physics of why she can't handle that many eggs or chicks especially in November with snow on the ground but she was unimpressed by my words of wisdom.

11/21/2024

Well we are always learning and the lesson learned today was: take the track down before the first snow because the horses can not see the electic fence and will go right through it. Luckily no one was injured and we only lost a couple of posts.

Did you know that "horses have dichromatic vision, meaning they can see only two primary colors: blue and yellow. They do not see reds, oranges, and greens in the same way humans do." Attached are a couple of pictures using an app to show the difference between our vision and theirs. It's very fascinating and great to reference if your horse is struggling with certain objects or even areas you might want to consider how they see it.

11/18/2024

Can we talk a moment about pasture management? I asked Google for a perfect horse pasture and it showed me the first picture...I think we need to adjust our vision of what a good pasture looks like. Ours is the next 3 picture. It is full of "weeds" and dead grasses but what I see is variety. We have yet to have a grazing animal on our land that strictly only eats grass. They have all browsed when given the opportunity. Horses, sheep, cows, chickens and ducks on our property have all eaten a variety of what most consider weeds. They enjoy broad leaf "weeds" as well as grasses and small sticks and bark off of trees. Next time you are in your pasture worrying about all the "weeds" I highly recommend you follow your four legged friends around and see what they prefer.

11/16/2024

Life on the ranch has a way of always throwing you curve balls. We seperated our 2 rams, Tank and Pistol to be with their girls on November 1st. They each got 4 girls each. On November 7th we came outside to find Pistol dead after deciding to fight with Tank through the fencing (which by the way we have electic wire on both sides of this fence so this has never been a problem before). It seems he took a bad hit to the head and was killed pretty much instantly ☹️ we are fortunate that the surviving ram, Tank, is able to breed all our females so after a 10 day break all the girls will be going in with him and we will see in the spring if Pistol sired any offspring.

09/05/2024

August and September we have been concentrating more on our health. I was recently diagnosed with Hashimoto's so some changes had to be made. We have made sure to increase our sunlight exposure which includes not missing the sun rise, we started doing cold plunges at the beginning of August and have all grown addicted to them. Seriously, we feel better after doing them. I never thought I could enjoy the cold but I was wrong. We also made a trade with another rancher, he took our ram in exchange for a 4' gate and this beautiful cedar sauna. The sauna was not in working order but we knew we could fix that. So we are now in the process of getting it put together and making it into a near infared light sauna 😃 We are so excited to get it done and try it out!

08/14/2024

Another momma duck...and this breed isn't supposed to go broody but I guess someone forgot to tell my girls 🤷‍♀️
She has 4 hatched out 6 eggs. We will give her one more day with the other 2 eggs before we candle them to check viability.

08/06/2024

Registered Breeding trio looking for new pasture. The ram is 2 years old and the ewes are 1 years old with one 3 month old ram lamb. Would be a great starter flock.
We are listing for a friend that doesn't have social media but I can connect serious buys.
Located in Ft. Wayne, IN

08/03/2024

We are always looking for ways to improve the life we live. Cold tub therapy has been on our radar for awhile now but man it's hard to convince yourself to take the plunge but today was the day. It wasn't planned it just kind of fell into place. Our well water is 58° so that is what we started with. David and I both completed 5 mins in the tub and Cole made it 3 mins. I will say it wasn't as bad as I had made it out to be in my head. My personal goal is to do it at least 3 times per week, wish me luck 😁🥶

07/29/2024

Quick road trip to Ohio to bring these 3 young lads back from Soggy Top Farms. One will be staying here as one of our breeding rams and the other 2 will be heading down to Alabama to Grateful Akers

07/18/2024

New posts for a new pen. Anyone else have one of these hand operated post hole diggers...it actually works really well and we have dug a lot of holes with it. Cole is our official measuring stick...basically his feet shouldn't be touching the ground 😆

07/16/2024

Let's talk about the days things don't go according to plan...hubby runs to town get new belt for the lawn mower since it broke. I decide to take the side by side and trailer into the field to pick up the posts from the fencing we just removed. But I run out of gas after getting the trailer hooked up and heading to the field. Come to find out the last of our gas we had on hand went into the tractor the other day to remove the fencing. Ok, no problem I'll just switch trailer and everything over to the tractor. I get that all done and now I can't get the PTO to engage on the tractor so I can't lift the trailer 🤬...now waiting for hubby to get back to check the PTO while I run to get gas for the side by side. Somedays I think I'm not meant to do projects but instead sit under the tree in the backyard and just enjoy the view 😉

07/13/2024

I know no one likes butcher day but it's a fact of life on the homestead. We hatched 9 chicks this spring and 4 were roosters. If you have too many rooster to hen ratio then your hens can get abused by the roosters so we try to keep 1 rooster to every 8ish hens. We decided to keep the most respectful rooster from the hatch as he will stay close with his hatch mates and our older rooster keeps a good eye on our older hens.
We also don't like to waste anything. Some may not know this but our dogs are fed a raw diet and these rooster were only about 14 weeks old so not big enough for us to use but they made a a great whole prey meal for our dogs.
Now think about this...the store bought chicken is about 8 weeks old and look at the size difference 🤯 We won't raise Cornish cross (store bought chicken) due to how unnatural their growth is. If they are not butchered by 10 to 12 weeks then they start to break their own legs or have heart attacks. If you are considering buying chicken I recommend looking into locally sourced Freedom Rangers.

07/11/2024

Rain is no excuse to push off projects here. This is one of those ones I have been wanting do for a little while. This "brush fence" works great for the horses to chew on the sticks which they love plus wildlife to use it for homes and nests. Win win. This is just a small prototype to see how it works but I hope to expand and make it bigger.

07/05/2024

These 2 were hatched on the 4th of July (might have been all the bangs that got them to come out 😁). Momma has no problem standing up to the 95 lbs. Cane Corso and letting him know he's not welcome. Hudson was a little offended she didn't want him around 🥰 Any good recommendations for names? And keep your fingers crossed they are both girls 💕

07/02/2024

Cali had a bit of work to get done today. She helped me walk the ewes down to there water. I was worried they weren't walking all the way down to the water troughs but no one acted overly thirsty so I think I'm worrying for nothing. Cali took a quick dip before going back to the barn. Then she helped us catch the rams to get them weighed, feet trimmed and parasite checks. At one point I had to laugh and say "I feel like Cali looks" after wrestling those boys around 🤣

06/27/2024

As we continue to expand our garden my goal this year was to do a better job of preserving some of the things we grow to use later. Normally what I try to do is use it when it's ready but let's be honest mostly I fed the bees by letting plants bolt and not doing anything to preserve them. This year so far I have harvested chamomile, basil, peppermint, spearmint and dandelion root and have dried them slowly in the sun room (since I don't own a dehydrator). Also harvested some cilantro and made these little bombs that have been frozen and can be used for cooking. And last but not least is I grew 2 "Pickle Bushes" and made refrigerator pickles and they are my new favorite! None of this was done today, it has happened over weeks but I'm pretty happy with my progress so far ☺️ If anyone has any suggestions for easy preserving please feel free to share!

06/26/2024

About 2 1/2 weeks ago we redesigned the horses track system to go around the exterior ot the field. We learned that the horses prefer to run up the middle of the field away from the trees that line the exterior so we will be doing some reconfiguration as yesterday we pulled all the electric fencing down. With the 4th of July next week we want to give the horses the opportunity to be wherever they feel safe. There are a lot of people that dislike fireworks for the stress they cause animals but for the most part all our animals get used to them and handle it fine. This is a holiday that we love and celebrate. Our dogs and cats will be put up in the house for the night. Jinx has the biggest fears but she is also fearful with every thunderstorm so it's nothing that she not used to. If we feel her anxiety is getting too intense we do have a sedative to help her get through the night. So we will be celebrating with our own fireworks and will of course keep a close eye on all the animals while we do. ❤🎆🧨🐎🐏🐓🦆🐕😸🐶

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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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+17656311317

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http://www.stompandsteer.com/

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Livestock stay in but easy access for people. Love making improvements to our setup.

The red and tan dog here is our main girl Jinx! It's hard to believe she will be 10 next month. This is what Jinx does for fun, she has no desire to chase the toy she just wants to stop the movement of our other dog, Cali...to say she can be intense would be an understatement 😉 Well yesterday was a fairly hot day and she gave us a little scare as she over heated herself and started to show signs of heat stroke. She really wasn't doing too much but being outside with me for a couple of hours and not seeking shade and water like she should have been. Her eyes became dilated and almost crossed, head tilt and she started "high stepping" which indicates she can't see. I rushed her into the house for AC and was preparing to put her in the bath tub but the AC proved enough to bring her back. I will warn that if your your dog is over heating do not cool them too quickly as it will send them into shock. The bath tub was my choice because I could use warm water on the belly. The rest of day was trying to keep her quiet and giving some pinches of salt with lots of fresh water. As she gets older we will have to keep a closer eye on her as her self preservation isn't always the best and we add back a water trough to the backyard for her to lay in which is her preferred method of keeping herself cool. #workingkeplies

The horses got a new track system to promote movement because let face it none have missed a meal 😆 Plus the sheep get a private paddock all to themselves #tracksystem #workingkelpie

Poor Jinx trying to help me put the hens back in the barn yard where they belong but this one doesn't like being told what to do 😆 #workingkelpies #bosshens