Quote from Forum Archives on August 26, 2001, 8:11 am

Posted by: amazinggraze <amazinggraze@...>

Rachel,

Where are you? Rachel and her family raise Shetland sheep. Ask her!!!
🙂

Wanting to please my Lord and Savior,
Marci, Adopted List Momma
Amazing Graze Farms
www.amazinggrazefarms.faithweb.com

Keep striving to be the best Keeper At Home you can be!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Smarts" <smarties@jam21.net>
To: <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [HomeSteadHeaven] sheep for wool

> Hi Pat,
>
> Shetland sheep will shed their wool if not sheared in early spring. In
fact one
> of the ways of harvesting their wool is just to pluck it off. Perhaps a
search
> on shetland sheep would be helpful, they could be the sheep for you.
> TTFN
> Jacqui
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] sheep for wool
>
>
> For the last two years I have not had sheep on our place and I miss them
for a
> couple of reasons. One I love to
> have my own wool and two I just love them. But in the past it has always
been
> difficult to get someone to come
> out and sheer them for me. I have tried myself but end up with way too
many
> second cuts for a nice fleece.
> Has anyone here on the list just let the wool go until it can be plucked
like
> they do in some places in Europe ?
> All my spinning friends that have sheep have many, so that they can get a
> someone to come to their place and
> sheer professionally. But we are not close to any of these other farms
and
> since we never have more than a
> couple sheep, the sheerers will not come out.
> Clippers are an expensive investment for someone like me, who doesn't know
how
> to do it right. I clip goats
> for goat shows but not sheep .
>
> Lovingly,
> Pat
>
>
>
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