[Jacob-list] Starting off

[sheepythyme]

Dear Alex,
In my experience, sheep and goats mix fairly well, although goats are more aggressive and your sheep may not get as much food if you don't have several different feeders.
Cows are clumsy and can step on lambs.  My neighbor has not had many problems putting them together with Jacobs, so if you have no other choice I think they will be fine.  Jacobs can breed any time of year they say, but they are generally fall breeders, September or October is when we have put our breeding groups together.  You do not need a larger flock unless you want one.
Jacob sheep are perhaps the best breed to start out with, they are good mothers and can teach a new shepherd many lessons :)
Bonnie
Herb and Bonnie Sutten
Sheepy Thyme Farm~Edmore, MI
Raising CVM/Romeldale Sheep & French Angora Rabbits
www.sheepythyme.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: TGI: Alex Jimenez 
  To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 10:50 PM
  Subject: [Jacob-list] Starting off


  Bear with me as I am very new to this. My wife and I purchased a small farm in Fall Creek Oregon about two years ago and we just purchased some Jacob sheep (actually I'm the one that wanted Jacob sheep, my wife wanted regular sheep, I find regular sheep to be too stupid, in fact they get my vote for dumbest animal on the planet. Jacob sheep on the other hand looked like bright, relatively intelligent animals). We are currently raising a small (6 head) herd of cattle and one cashmere nanny goat (my wife's pet). Can Jacobs' be mixed with these animals or will we have to put them in a separate pasture? We currently have two a rams and three ewes. At this time they are all in separate pastures with the rams being kept separate from the ewes. Do Jacobs need a larger flock? When would be a good time to put the rams and ewes together. 

  As you can tell by my questions, I'm somewhat new to this (my wife is a Minnesota farm girl, I'm a New York City street boy. I feel like I'm on Green Acres and unfortunately in the Eva Gabor role!), we've had some success with the cattle and feel we're now ready for sheep, and as I said before Jacob sheep just looked smarter than the regular sheep I see at the auctions. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. 

  alexj at tesseractiongames.com





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