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Thank you.

I don't think I'd fuss over much about the wool. The wool sheep are  
just so much lighter to work, and that's what most people have, so  
when I go visiting someplace with the dogs, or go to a trial, my dogs  
are coming on like steam trains. Both the dogs I'm working now like to  
hang right at their heels and I'd like to back them off. Part of my  
problem is, of course, that Roy has made friends with the Katahdins  
and so now they just run to me for safety every time I go out there  
with a dog.  : /


On Oct 24, 2008, at 5:59 PM, 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 <g>).
>
> 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: <paxamicus AT earthlink.net>
>
>
> > 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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