The Sheep Show Podcast with Jill & Andrew Noble

Dedicated to Dorpers with Barend Cronje

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! You all know that Andrew and I are obsessed with sheep, well we have nothing on Barend Cronje! He is so dedi

Assessing bone in sheep

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Something we often overlook when assessing sheep is bone. So why is bone is crucial to breeding functional s

Weaning - should you or should you not!?

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! What is weaning and why do it at all? If you are going to wean then how do you do it and what do you need to

How to decide what ewe lambs to keep

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Ever wanted to make selection decisions with your ewe lambs? How many should you keep? what ones should you

Horned sheep v the world!

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So what do we get with a horned sheep? Is it more than a sheep with a set of handle bars? In this episode we

Lambing 2026 part 4 - the final installment!

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So lambing is almost over for 2026 and this episode takes you through a crazy and challenging week of lambin

Lambing 2026 part 3

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! We are still going! More lambing adventures with both of us in Gippsland! Lots of amazing tips and trials as

Lambing 2026 part 2

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So the lambing saga continues with Andrew in the flesh! Let's chat about how it is going and in this ep

Lambing 2026 part 1

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So the ever anticipated lambing! Being a quarter way through and experiencing a few interesting events so fa

Bull about sheep - busting sheep myths!

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! We've all heard stuff about sheep, that are the stupid, they only need grass to exist and so much more.

Reading your paddocks from the gate - the art of assesing pasture for sheep grazing

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! In this episode we explore what to look at and how to look at grass. Some tips and techniques to assess past

The art of flockmanship - what to look for when you are looking at your flock

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! How do you check your sheep? What do you check for? What strategies might be good and what decisions can you

Feeding sheep over winter - what are the choices and options

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So most of us have a pinch point with feeding sheep and we have to make some decisions and choices with feed

The psychology of farming - why do we do it!!?

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Is farming a calling? Why do we do it when it sometimes it feels like the craziest thing which makes no sens

The one where we help Andrew decide what to look for in a new ram!

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Dilemmas, dilemmas!! How to do decide what to focus on when you are shopping for a new ram. We explore this

The Victorian Sheep Show 2026 - what you can expect!

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! In this episode I (solo Jill)  chat with a few very special sheep folk from Ballarat in Victoria to highligh

Is your grass sheep sick? Pasture managememt for all seasons.

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! Pasture management is a profit driver in your sheep enterprise so how do you manage grass when the weather i

How does a sheep enterprise stack up on returns $$$

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So Andrew and I have explored our returns per acre on our farms but how do sheep stack up against other farm

Pregnancy scanning mixed emotions 2026

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So it's Jill's turn to preg scan her sheep and firstly find out how many sheep she has! Mixed emot

Finishing lambs - is it worth it?

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime! So the dilemma, should I hold or sell? In this episode we are exploring what business are we in? We know we