[Jacob-list] Shearing

[BISCHOW at aol.com]

Well, we "were" planning to shear before lambing, however it appears our  
ram had earlier plans.  Tom found our first baby this morning when he went  
out to feed.
 
Louise  
you tell a horse.
you ask a  donkey.
and you negotiate with a mule.  

 
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Today's Topics:

1. Re:  intersting, but pointless (Linda)
2. Shearing (Melanie  Boxall)


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Message:  1
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:47:08 -0500
From: Linda  <patchworkfibers at windstream.net>
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list]  intersting, but pointless
To: Dan Carpenter  <Hobsickle at aol.com>
Cc: Jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
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That's surprising that the water  would be warm enough for frogs!

I run the water from the creek through  a couple of five gallon buckets, 
some pvc, and a bunch of garden hose. It  runs all the time. We don't get 
as cold here, of course, but I sure  appreciate having running water for 
the sheep when it's 15 degrees  out.

Linda

Dan Carpenter wrote:

>

> A couple of  years ago during a dry spell I decided to dig up a 

> chronically wet  spot to fix what I thought was a broken tile.  When I 

> got about  3 feet down, instead of finding a broken tile I found an 

> artesian  spring and by the next morning the hole was filled to the top 

> with  water!  This summer I expanded a pasture so that it overlapped 

>  that spring and decided to use it as a watering hole until it froze 

>  over.  (You know---save on all that electricity to run a tank 

>  heater.)  Well, would you believe that it's the end of January and  

> here in Michigan the ground is frozen rock-hard, the temperatures  have 

> been dropping to near zero, and not only is the spring still  open, but 

> yesterday I saw two frogs /swimming/ (not hibernating) in  it?

>

>  

>

> -Dan

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Message:  2
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:44:15 -0500
From: "Melanie Boxall"  <melanie.boxall at sympatico.ca>
Subject: [Jacob-list] Shearing
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Not not yet. Just planning ahead.  For the second time this year we'll be 
doing our own shearing, but this year  we will be investing in some proper 
shears. I would like to poll the group as  to preferences here, who uses 
electric, who uses clippers, and which make of  either do you swear by? (or at?).

Melanie
"Not all who wander are  lost."
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