[Jacob-list] COATING SHEEP

[Kate Barrett]

Part of the reason I love my flock of jacobs is looking out the window at
their beautiful and diversly colored fleeces against the hillside.  Some
how I would rather skirt and pick, then gaze on a field of coated sheep.
Kate Barrett
Ruby Peak Jacobs.

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> 1. Jackets for Jacobs (Shari Staines)

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> 3. Bearded Rams (im rapunzil)

> 4. Re: Jacketing Jacobs? (ARTHUR PARTRIDGE)

> 5. Re: Jacketing Jacobs? (Linda)

> 6. Re: Bearded Rams (Carl Fosbrink)

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> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:09:26 -0700 (PDT)

> From: Shari Staines <mikesharikids at yahoo.com>

> Subject: [Jacob-list] Jackets for Jacobs

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> I have been told that in a humid and hot climate (Atlanta area is where I

> am) the coats will cause gummy-ness and mildew.? The gummy comment came

> from my shearer and the mildew comment from a fellow breeder in Florida. ?

>  Can anyone advise on Coats for my Atlanta climate?

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> Thanks,

> Shari Staines

> Never Winter Farm

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> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:45:50 -0400

> From: "Betty Berlenbach" <lambfarm at tds.net>

> Subject: [Jacob-list] covers

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> I do not use sheep coats at all on my sheep.  The fleeces stay very

> clean. I will not sell a fleece with more than 10 pieces of veggie matter

> in them, and don't generally have that many.  I suspect it is because of

> immediate careful skirting and picking out of any veggie matter, and the

> fact that I feed hay in flakes on the ground, placed five feet from each

> other, one pile more than the number of sheep eating.  They eat on the

> ground all summer; why not all winter.  I seldom have to worm the sheep,

> so I guess there's no problem with that. Betty, in Vermont,who now has a

> blog, thanks to help from Walter and Linda.  See Betty's blog at

> http://sheepwoman.wordpress.com.

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> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:30:57 -0400

> From: im rapunzil <im-rapunzil at hotmail.com>

> Subject: [Jacob-list] Bearded Rams

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> I just had a lovely conversation with Betty regarding the amazing ram she

> bought from Cheryl Terrano at this past weekends AGM.  He was penned

> adjacent to my lambs, and I was completely fascinated with his stature

> and primitive beard.

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> Since I am new to Jacobs, I hadn't known of, nor seen a bearded ram

> before.  I was wondering if folks here could share their knowledge and if

> anyone else has a bearded ram I'd love to learn about it!  Thank you!

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> Cindy von Dohln

> Stone Hollow Farm

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> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:09:40 -0700

> From: "ARTHUR PARTRIDGE" <aztreaz at earthlink.net>

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Jacketing Jacobs?

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>> Do any breeders jacket their Jacob sheep? It seems like the websites I

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> look at don't tend to jacket their sheep. Is there a reason why not?

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>> Thanks!

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>> Margie

>> in Illinois

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> I know some spinners who like uncoated sheep, the natural browning of the

> tips on black wool.  It adds some color and makes the wool unique and is

> what one would expect from getting fiber "naturally" from an animal.

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> is what they tell me.  They like it.  Then there are others who don't like

>  it.  They say the tips are dried out and brittle.  One lady clips off

> the tips, but I don't think that is a good thing to do because it makes a

> cut edge instead of a tapered edge.  A cut edge makes the yarn feel rough.

>  Ruins the yarn, in my humble opinion.  It would be better to coat the

> sheep.

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> I bought a coated, black, yearling ewe fleece from Bide-A-Wee Farm in

> Oregon.  It was wonderful!!  Very black and very clean.  I combined it

> with some alpaca fiber (I own the animal) and made a very nice shawl.  My

> own sheep are not coated and I blend in the brown-colored tips during

> processing.  My friend who is an expert spinner, knitter, and weaver

> believes "natural" is the way to go.  She doesn't object to coated

> animals, she just likes her fleeces from uncoated sheep.  She says yarn

> from coated sheep is like the "perfect" yarn you can buy commercially in a

> store whereas fleeces from uncoated sheep are special and unique, as

> nature intended.  Personally, I like both coated and non-coated, but I

> probably prefer uncoated.  I don't have enough experience to really tell

> for sure.

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> Cathy

> Moscow, Idaho

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> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:39:16 -0400

> From: Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net>

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Jacketing Jacobs?

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> Hard to shear them without getting a cut edge :-)

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>> One lady clips off the

>> tips, but I don't think that is a good thing to do because it makes a

>> cut edge instead of a tapered edge.  A cut edge makes the yarn feel

>> rough. Ruins the yarn, in my humble opinion.  It would be better to coat

>> the sheep.

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>> Cathy

>> Moscow, Idaho

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> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:40:15 -0400

> From: "Carl Fosbrink" <fourhornfarm at verizon.net>

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Bearded Rams

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> I have been raising Jacobs for 12 years and all of my adult rams have had

> beards, that includes the ones I raised and the ones I bought. Perhaps

> you are used to seeing young ram lambs or recently sheered rams who's

> beards haven't grown back out. ----- Original Message -----

> From: im rapunzil

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> Subject: [Jacob-list] Bearded Rams

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> I just had a lovely conversation with Betty regarding the amazing ram she

> bought from Cheryl Terrano at this past weekends AGM.  He was penned

> adjacent to my lambs, and I was completely fascinated with his stature

> and primitive beard.

>

> Since I am new to Jacobs, I hadn't known of, nor seen a bearded ram

> before.  I was wondering if folks here could share their knowledge and if

> anyone else has a bearded ram I'd love to learn about it!  Thank you!

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> Cindy von Dohln

> Stone Hollow Farm

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