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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

That was interesting reading, lynda.  'sounds like the dorpers would be the 
least maintainance, but all I know about sheep, I learned in a dining room 
<g>......bobf


--- On Wed, 10/22/08, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:

> From: Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] A sheep without wool
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 5:06 PM
> We've been looking into hair sheep for a couple of years
> now.  Youngest is 
> planning on buying 2 or 3 St. Croix ewes and a white Dorper
> ram.
> 
> http://www.howlingoak.com/
> 
> http://www.texasdorpers.com/
> 
> All the hair breeds are known for being relatively parasite
> free and having 
> a nice not muttony flavor.  And most of them breed year
> round.  Looks like 
> someone played around with Dorpers to get this
> "breed."
> 
> Now, strickly from a butcher's point of view, the Royal
> Whites aren't 
> something I'd pick up at auction.  They have a lot of
> neck, relatively short 
> back, the hip drops off and are real straight and not well
> muscled in the 
> thigh.  The heavy neck is wasted.  Folks don't pay a
> lot for neck bones or 
> ground lamb.  The loin is where the big $$ chops are and
> you should have *at 
> least* as much loin as a good sized adult males hand from
> thumb to pinky 
> with the fingers spread from point of hip to first rib and
> an equal amount 
> of rib.  The second highest priced cut is the Leg of Lamb
> and if you don't 
> have a lot of muscle and good twist, you aren't going
> to be able to sell 
> them for much.
> 
> Look at the pictures of the White Dorpers on the one link,
> and you'll see 
> the difference in length of loin, neck and hip/thigh.
> 
> All of which is probably more than you wanted to know
> <g>
> 
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bob ford" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> 
> 
> > This might be old news to most , but I had never heard
> of a breed of sheep 
> > without wool until I ran across this article
> ....bobford
> >
> > Royal White sheep-a new hair-class sheep breed-is now
> being introduced to 
> > the American market.
> >
> > The Royal White sheep is a highly functional and
> adaptable sheep without 
> > wool, focusing on a variety of markets for year-round
> meat production 
> > without the hassle of shearing, and also offers very
> low parasite 
> > treatment requirements, due to natural resistance.
> >
> >
> http://www.sheepmagazine.com/issues/24/24-5/Staff_Report1.html