[Jacob-list] Sheep on overdrive ...

[Gary Tomas Fay]

Betty,

Yes, I decided that I would stay 'pure' to avoid the headaches. Besides the
rams / ewes were expensive. 7;-) I will be saving that project for a few years!

Once I get some experience under my belt with the 'easy' sheep may or may not
want to mess with the others! From what I understand, most sheep are mentally
challenged, the Jacobs aren't ... 7;-)

G


Berlenbach wrote:

> Gary,  I know romanovs CAN do these miracles, but I'm not sure they were
> meant to be worn out like that!  It's like a woman having twins or triplets
> every 9 months...I know someone who raised them and she had to give
> propylene glycol as a matter of course to mothers the week before due date,
> so they didn't get toxemia and die.  I'm not sure that it is a responsible
> thing to breed them so much.  Her big problem was trying to get rid of so
> many lambs each year.  And the romanov's fleeces were not very good.  I also
> had a pen next to one of hers at the Vt. festival one year, and she had
> bought a mother and twins, one twin with diarrhea.  The mother was not
> keeping the baby clean: to me, that says inbreeding to an inappropriate
> level.  My jacob babies, diarrhea or not, do not have shitty bottoms!  Mama
> sees to it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Tomas Fay" <fayg at mebtel.net>
> To: <Jacobflock at aol.com>; "jacoblist" <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Killgorlin Hercules for sale; terminal sire
>