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^^ Exactly! ^^ They aren't for warmth, they just keep the fleece clean so it is more valuable with less effort. The Cormo wool is so fine and dense that it is hard to get all of the VM out. When you coat them it keeps all that VM out and you can sell it raw for more without having to spend...

And the Cormos. Page is more fleece than sheep at this point. Prism aka The Moose. She's my biggest sheep and has a giant honking moose nose. Moosey could use a bigger coat but she's getting sheared in about a month so I'm trying to avoid it.

At least some animals are enjoying the 10 degree weather. Jazz the herd queen and resident blimp. Digging through the snow. Hooves weren't enough so she used her horns instead. Jazz's 2010 daughter, Juniper. She's kind of plain looking but I've been impressed with what she produces...

I have angoras and have never had any issues with their horns. The does' horns sweep back over their heads so there is really no way for them to jab you with them unless you have them wedged between your legs. Even then it's not going to do any more than bruise a little. They're not a big deal...

I've milked a Jacob to get milk for a lamb but I'm not sure I would do it regularly. Their udders are pretty close to their body, their teats are pretty small, and they are more sassy than I really want to mess with that intimately regularly. I have an older ewe that develops a huge bag and is...

I found this site really helpful when I was doing a project on dog color genetics and they also have a pretty good sheep color genetics calculator you can play around with if you understand the basics. They also have rabbits, goats, cattle and chickens. I find color genes really interesting even...

I've only sold live animals as pets/breeding stock but everyone leaves with a pedigree, a record of any medical procedures/wormings/health problems in the animal's lifetime, what those were treated with if anything, and if the animal is being sold registered either the new owners gets the...

I've had a lot of problems in the past getting dawn out of my fleeces. It just took ages to rinse out. Now I use Unicorn Power Scour and it rinses much easier and rarely seems to need more than one good washing. The company sends out free samples too which is always a plus! I also use lingerie...

I'm the opposite. The one buck goat I had was downright dangerous but I have 3 rams and have never had any problems with them. I halter break them when I first get them and don't coddle them and they're all very respectful. I don't think Jacob breeders in particular put up with nasty rams so...

A lot of Jacob breeders don't routinely dock tails. They generally only have tails down to their hocks at longest and aren't super wooly so a lot of people feel it isn't necessary with the breed. Two of the sheep I bought still have tails. My ram keeps his immaculate and it's never a problem, my...

I love looking through sheep pedigrees! :P Your old girl's great grandma Spahrfarm Anabell is the great great great grandmother of my 2010 ewes, through Oaks Edge Maid Marion. It's a small sheep world.

I was wrong, she was actually around 23 :ep I can't find the article I read originally but she was at Perfect Spot Jacobs in NC.

There was something in a recent JSBA newsletter about a ewe that lived to be 21 and kept on producing right up to the end. Maybe they're related. Personally I retire my old girls after 10 but if she's in good condition and you can make sure she stays that way through pregnancy and nursing she...

I have Jacobs and they're fantastic sheep. My rams are very respectful and have never threatened me, although I would never turn my back on them for safety reasons. Some of the big, tall horns can seem a little scary but in general they are well aware of where their horns are and are fairly...

I have a wether out with my girls and he always seems to know :lol: When they're in season I've found they do a weird tail waggle and spend all their time trying to get over to the boys' pasture or just staring at it longingly. Some of them also get a bit more vocal. I'm glad they don't stay in...

Angora goats produce mohair, angora rabbits produce angora. They are two very different fibers. Angora goats should be sheared twice a year or their fleece gets too long and can mat and felt together. They are also a lot more comfortable if you shear and delouse them before kidding and the...

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I think most of the painted desert/spotted hair sheep have had Jacob (or Navajo Churro) bred in to get the crazy horns. People pay big money to go on "canned" hunts and shoot the rams with the biggest horns so people added whatever breeds they could to get better horns so they could charge more...

That's an excellent price. Do be aware that they need shearing twice a year to keep them healthy and comfortable though. It may make them more expensive mowers than you imagine.

When I just had my Jacobs everyone kept telling me how much better goats were and how I should hurry up and get goats. Now I have goats and I still like my sheep more! They're such awesome little woolies :love