[Jacob-list] Heat loss

[Robin Lynde]

I was talking to a vet the other day. He told me of a study in TX in which temperatures were measured at the outside and the inside (at the skin) of 3" fleeces in the summer. I don't remember exact details but the skin side temp was about 99 degrees and the outside was 113 I think. 
Robin Lynde

On Aug 2, 2012, at 12:36 PM, lynettefrick at gmail.com wrote:


> It sure is. I like my sheep to go into summer with an inch or two of wool on them. My finewools can get away with shorter wool, but the Jacobs don't have the fleece density to get away with that. When I was raising Jacobs I always shore in January, it coincided with lambing, and they had an established fleece by summer.