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Uh Huh, like the 'pool guy' in the city .   :-) .....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, 5:11 PM
> I don't shear my own. I have in the past, and decided
> that I will pay 
> whatever it takes to have someone else do it. My new ram is
> well over 
> 500 pounds and doesn't want to be sheared. I do have
> hand shears and use 
> them to clean up the girl's faces and udders when
> needed. Fortunately it 
> only costs $5 a head to get them sheared...for $5 each, I
> not only get 
> the wool and comfortable sheep, I get to watch a handsome,
> well-muscled 
> man wrestle with my sheep; way better than TV :-)
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> 
> bob ford wrote:
> > 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  wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Lynn Wigglesworth 
> >> 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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