To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Another wood-fired oven production
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 08:37:07 -0600
The US has a handful of sheep dairies but importing stock from Europe,
which has established sheep dairies, is difficult because of scrapie.
I'm not sure but there may be a ban on imports, although some may come
in from Canada. Sheep have a much shorter period of milk production
than goats and they produce a much smaller volume (though much higher
in milk solids). Some cheeses -- Roquefort is maybe the most famous --
are made only with sheep's milk.
Marie
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 8:09 AM, bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> Are you thinking of having milk "sheep", Gene? I have never heard of
> anyone having dairy "sheep". I know they can produce plenty for their
> lambs, but ...? :-)