bcnewe2
Loving the herd life
I had a really nice all black ram, he was supposed to be butchered but time got away from me. I thought I'd try craigs list once just cause he was so nice I hated to butcher him for myself but that was what I was planning. He is about a year and a half old.
I got no response for a week or so, forgot I listed him then got a urgent call from a young lady who'd bought a lamb from me 3 lambings ago for 4-H and was searching high and low for a black ram.
I sold him for $100.00. less than I'd of gotten for anything else his size but a few days later the young lady emailed me about how happy they were with him. They named him Awesome! So even though money wasn't all that special, knowing someone likes my sheep as well as I do and appreciates what I've been breeding for made my day...heck made my whole lambing season!
I have 2 new ram lambs on the ground now. At 3 weeks they are big 'uns. I've already sold one as a replacement ram. Again for $100 bucks but again, I'm more thrilled that my rams are being used as herd sires more than money could of made me smile!
So I guess we're all in this for way more than money. If money were the case...well it wouldn't be sheep I'd be keeping!
And I should raise my prices but all my spring lambs are gone and my more expensive friends are now feeding theirs so I'm figuring a bird in the hand is way better than a bunch of lambs I can't sell!
I got no response for a week or so, forgot I listed him then got a urgent call from a young lady who'd bought a lamb from me 3 lambings ago for 4-H and was searching high and low for a black ram.
I sold him for $100.00. less than I'd of gotten for anything else his size but a few days later the young lady emailed me about how happy they were with him. They named him Awesome! So even though money wasn't all that special, knowing someone likes my sheep as well as I do and appreciates what I've been breeding for made my day...heck made my whole lambing season!
I have 2 new ram lambs on the ground now. At 3 weeks they are big 'uns. I've already sold one as a replacement ram. Again for $100 bucks but again, I'm more thrilled that my rams are being used as herd sires more than money could of made me smile!
So I guess we're all in this for way more than money. If money were the case...well it wouldn't be sheep I'd be keeping!
And I should raise my prices but all my spring lambs are gone and my more expensive friends are now feeding theirs so I'm figuring a bird in the hand is way better than a bunch of lambs I can't sell!
