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  • From: paxamicus AT earthlink.net
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Dorpers, was Hatin' (Sarah) Palin
  • Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:19:31 -0400

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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