[Jacob-list] Showing Jacobs

[Linda]

I sure don't know anything about fitting for shows!
I have seen coated Jacobs at shows and am interested in you changing the 
coats that often. The Jacobs I've seen at shows that had been coated 
seemed to have very "flat" fleeces. Is that the reason for changing the 
coats?

Linda


gotothewhip at aol.com wrote:

>

> We show quite a bit.. usualy 6+ shows per  year.  We do NOT wash our 

> sheep at all.. We do coat them, and change coats every 3 weeks or so.  

> I am a big believer  that they should not be washed, as you loose the 

> grease... and while grease is not essential for our fleeces, it adds 

> luster and feel, and keeps the fleeces from drying out.

>  

> I trim any manure off the back end of our sheep, and any wet urine 

> soaked areas on the ewes.

>  

> I do wash faces with a wet cloth, wipe off lower legs of any goo, and 

> scrub up horns on those with a lot of dust.

>  

> I do sometimes blow out the areas uncovered by coats with a livestock 

> blower about 6 weeks prior to showing, as it will alter the character 

> of the wool.  I  had to blow out a few later, for this weeks classes 

> at State Fair, and am not happy with the results, but they had been 

> outside during one of our crazy Colrado wind storms we had this year, 

> and were dust balls!

>  

> I trim feet about 1 week prior to the show, and make sure everyone is 

> still halter broke.

>  

> We dust our sheep stalls with Sevin dust and wipe down with Novlasan 

> liquid prior to putting the sheep in.. I dont like to bring anything 

> home with us!

>  

> Jennifer Tucker

> Moose Mtn Ranch

> Bennett, CO

>


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