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How to check over sheep or goat before you buy them

One of the hardest and most expensive lessons I've learned homesteading is to check animals over before you buy them. There's no such thing as a free animal! If someone is giving them away for free there is a reason. Even people that mean well give away animals because they can't sell them. Ask lots of questions. My list includes: Why are you getting rid of them? How old are they? Are they fixed? (do they have their reproductive parts?) What do you feed them? How often do you deworm them? Where did you buy them from? From those answers, you should have a good knowledge of how much the people know and why they are really getting rid of them. Also how healthy the animals should be. for our place, we want healthy animals that are few very little grain and are not problem animals. Meaning they don't get out often, don't attack people. that sort of thing. What's your livestock buying checklist? Post in the comments below.