HDRider
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I rent a ram for 3 months in October to birth in March. He makes quick work of it.
T & B farms said:wbvs58 said:I assume you are going to harvest the hair. Are shearers readily available to come and shear for you. A shearing shed and balepress would be required and where do you sell to? I imagine coyotes would go through them pretty well, might need some exclusion fencing.
Ken
I guess I was under the impression you didn't have to shear them.
callmefence said:You don't have to shear hair sheep
The fit very well in areas cattle don't. Brushy weedy pastures suit then just fine. The browse more like goats than wool sheep. Predation is a big deal , and in a big pasture with alot of sheep dogs and donkeys don't do much good. The sheep can be easily trained to come in at night , and that's what we did. Penning them in a acre pen every night. We also kept fence snares and m44 cyanide guns down at all times. As far as marketing. We took them to the sheep/goat auction in goldthwaite. Just like a cattle auction , complete with order buyers. ...they made money but if I was getting back in I would go with Boer/ Spanish x goats , their constantly worth more.
callmefence said:As far as marketing. We took them to the sheep/goat auction in goldthwaite.