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Do you use the big shearing scissors like I've seen in shearing contests from 
Australia, on the discovery channel? ....bobford


--- On Fri, 10/24/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Dorpers, was Hatin'  (Sarah) Palin
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 4:10 PM
> I have woolies and I love them. Mine are mostly Romney. The
> biggest 
> problem I have with wool sheep is that they don't seem
> to understand how 
> big they are in full wool. They crowd me and can knock me
> down without 
> even feeling it.
> 
> I actually use the wool; I make flokati type rugs. In
> Greece the 
> flokatis are made with wool yarn (tied around the warp
> threads) that is 
> allowed to untwist to make a shag. I skipped a step and tie
> the wool, 
> unspun, around the warp. It's slow going, but the
> Romney fleece makes 
> beautiful rugs. The white (cream, actually) wool is nice,
> but gets 
> boring. I only have one black sheep--I'd like to get
> more that are 
> different colors.
> 
> My ram died last year and didn't do his job, so I
> didn't have any lambs 
> this spring. I bought a new ram (the biggest Dorset
> I've ever seen) in 
> the spring, and my ewes bred out of season. So far I have 2
> ewe lambs 
> and a boy I call "Easter dinner". Looks like
> there might be more coming.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga County, PA
> 
> Lynda wrote:
> > But . . . . they are such a pain in the patooty to
> keep up.  AND shearing a 
> > Correidale is such a PETA.  AND, there is really no
> market for wool anymore 
> > (thank you New Zealand and Australia ).
> > 
> > Dorpers are pretty good sized.  They are beefier than
> the other hair breeds.
> > 
> > That said, when the kidlets first showed sheep, we
> bought lambs up outside 
> > of Jenner from a rancher that raised wool.  He bred
> all his Columbian ewes 
> > to Suffolk and Hampshire rams.  We could buy January
> and February lambs and 
> > have no problem making weight for the June fairs!  The
> lambs were nice and 
> > long in the loin, nice flat topline and had a lot of
> twist to the thigh. 
> > Those lambs finished at an easy 165 pounds!
> > 
> > However, again, at least to me, the woolie breeds are
> inclined to be more 
> > toward the mutton end of the taste scale and I prefer
> my lamb on the milder 
> > end of the spectrum.
> > 
> > But, if you like the look of the Corriedales, then buy
> them.  You'll 
> > probably be able to find a local spinner that would
> pay for the shearing and 
> > you'd have your lamb to eat.
> > 
> > Of course, you have to take into consideration that
> you generally are only 
> > getting, at most, 50% on woolie breeds.  You'll
> get 67% on St. Croix and 
> > around 59% or higher on Dorpers.
> > 
> > Lynda
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: 
> > 
> > 
> >> I'd like to get a little more size out of my
> wethers. Do you have any
> >> idea if they work drastically differently?
> >>
> >> I will confess that I really want some
> Corriedales...(hangs head and
> >> confesses)...just because they are pretty.
> > 
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