{"podcast":{"title":"The Wooly Whey","slug":"the-wooly-whey-7214025","podcast_index_feed_id":7214025,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/7iWyOfvL.rss","website_url":"https://podcastle.ai/show/the-wooly-whey-FjpUzkdf","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/imports/podcasts/1d1d7d0d-622c-4bff-aa15-5be872c14137/woolywheylogo-jpeg.jpeg","author":"Rachel Hester & Liv Fox","episode_count":37,"summary":"Come learn all things Dairy Sheep! On this podcast we chat with small shepherding homesteaders, professional sheep dairies, cheesemakers, experts in Agriculture, artisanal l butchers, and even a few fiber artists, to help you learn how to best care for your dairy sheep. Hosted by Liv Fox current President & Founder of the North America Dairy Sheep Association & Rachel Hester, author of 'The Guide to Homestead Dairy Sheep,' - the only book currently in print on the topic of raising sheep for dairy purposes - this podcast seeks to bring more resources to the Dairy Sheep community. Our goal is to have something for everyone as long is it pertains to dairy sheep. We want to help YOU feel more confident diving into sheep for milk. We highlight different breeds for milking - both dairy specific and traditional heritage breeds - and talk about when you would want to pick one over the other. On this show we want to help you start to finish - from lambing, to milking, to cheesemaking. We also cover ethical harvesting of access or retired animals, delicious recipes for the meat, and what to do with all that wool (as there are currently no hair dairy breeds of sheep). So whether you are just…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T22:19:43.584913+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wooly-whey-7214025"},"episode":{"title":"S2:E2 Horns vs Polled (no horns)","slug":"s2-e2-horns-vs-polled-no-horns","published_at":"2026-01-12T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wooly-whey-7214025/s2-e2-horns-vs-polled-no-horns","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wooly-whey-7214025","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/5b1bdd385aea3723b19aa4a267205761967c33576190345c49c9e1e1c17f6b71/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI4MDQzMzYxZC02N2I3LTQ0NWItYjI4Yy0wMDA4YTUwN2I1NWEiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIxZDFkN2QwZC02MjJjLTRiZmYtYWExNS01YmU4NzJjMTQxMzciLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTNhZGVmMDg1NGE2ZjdhYWIyNTkzODkiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjk1ZTUyMzZhNTFjMjRlNWFkODY0NjExL29saXZpYS1mb3hzLXN0dWRpby1ybjlQWC1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTEtN19fMTMtMzEtNTAubXAzIn0=.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/5b1bdd385aea3723b19aa4a267205761967c33576190345c49c9e1e1c17f6b71/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI4MDQzMzYxZC02N2I3LTQ0NWItYjI4Yy0wMDA4YTUwN2I1NWEiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiIxZDFkN2QwZC02MjJjLTRiZmYtYWExNS01YmU4NzJjMTQxMzciLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTNhZGVmMDg1NGE2ZjdhYWIyNTkzODkiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjk1ZTUyMzZhNTFjMjRlNWFkODY0NjExL29saXZpYS1mb3hzLXN0dWRpby1ybjlQWC1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTEtN19fMTMtMzEtNTAubXAzIn0=.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Liv and Rachel catch up on what is going on in their flocks. Rachel discusses a treatment for parasites that involves alkalyzing sheep feed with lye and a coccidiea treatment. The primary discussion then shifts to explaining why Liv prefers polled sheep (no horns) and Rachel does like horned sheep. Links from discussion: The Shepherdess Grace's Coccidea treatment: https://www.shepherdess.com/product/the-most-effective-coccidia-treatment-for-my-lambs-toltrazuril-2/ Poopah's Farm Lye treatment videos: https://youtu.be/3l44mpJRBt4?si=u5OpUyq2YN3lpakY https://youtu.be/u5U0n4k1eWE?si=drkIdHaVlGrROvMD Research on Lye treatment: https://youtu.be/Q4dAW9COF50?si=_fkEzMpSNFegrtdi https://youtu.be/1Z0WzHR-W4c?si=86cp5-ZaCCBFOv3e Shepherdess' Grace Research on Lye treatment: https://youtu.be/UyENV3C2Nu4?si=AovlodIElK18X875 Pinch of Patience's take on lye treatment: https://youtu.be/oK0dWrw4K_M?si=DTHlA5LUIEivdfs3 #sheep #dairysheep #parasitetreatment #animalhusbandry #homesteading #homedairy #sheepcheese #sheepmilkcheese","meta_description":"In this episode, Liv and Rachel catch up on what is going on in their flocks. Rachel discusses a treatment for parasites that involves alkalyzing sheep fe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3508,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-wooly-whey-7214025/episodes/s2-e2-horns-vs-polled-no-horns/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wooly-whey-7214025/s2-e2-horns-vs-polled-no-horns.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}