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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] A sheep without wool
  • Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:19:29 -0700 (PDT)

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







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