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[andybob]

My oldest son and brother in law raise hair sheep and they bring pretty good money.
The one I ate tasted a lot better than wool sheep

I raised Wiltipers when at school but upograded to Dorpers when I bought my first property, as there was no awn grass to hook into the residual wool.
I had tries to source some native Sabi several times, but they were and still are scarce and I never succeeded in getting any.

 

[Gobbler'sKnob]

Welcome from north Louisiana. Thank you for your service!

JC - we all appreciate your service!! Thanks for adding your location. Welcome

Thanks!

 

[Gobbler'sKnob]

I'm getting my wood pile replenished.

Heck yeah.

Welcome to the forum, as ex military myself I can say getting into or back into livestock is one of the better options with less transitioning problems than joobs with large staff numbers. For sheep in your area I would look into Dorper or one of the hair sheep breeds, less maitenence,, and there is no money in wool anyway. For longevity, depending on whether you want to run pure bred cattle, or crosses/composites, I would go for a british cross with a Sanga breed, probably easier to breed your own crosses either through AI or, buy a bull if any are locally available, look for Tuli, or Mashona, for fullblood lines, and Bonsmara, Senepol or South Poll as established composites. Dr Lukefahr sell some outstanding bulls from his ranch - https://lukefahr-ranch.com/. Longevity and high fertility are features of African Sanga breeds due to thousands of years of natural selection and harder dentine in their teeth which results in less wear, inclusion as low as 25% makes a noticeable difference.

I will certainly take this advice into consideration, thanks!