My sheep [Romneys] grow a LOT of fleece, it's July, it's in the 80s/90s and I'm waiting for the shearer to come, they have about 6-8 inches of fleece and are tolerating the heat. The wool insulates out the heat as well as holding it in. I don't think Scotch Highlands grow enough coat to insulate well enough though. Though why anyone would want to raise that flighty, hairbrained, horn hooking, breed of cattle is beyond me. We have Dexters and they are GREAT.
> There used to be a lot of sheep in
> Central Texas. Wool was a big cash
> crop for a lot of farming/ranching
> families. It got plenty hot then
> as now. But don't forget that they
> were shorn every spring and didn't
> endure the heat with a full
> fleece.
> Craig-TX
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