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He was on the lamb.Lost in the right direction.
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Lost in the right direction.
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We once had a sheep so smart that she knew how to make butter and buttermilk. So... we ended up setting up a roadside stand and told her to try and sell the stuff. Unfortunately, traffic was very heavy and the sight of this sheep making butter and buttermilk was so distracting that naturally there was an accident. The police investigated and issued us a citation for attempting to make an illegal ewe churn on a busy highway...
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These jokes are baaaaad.Lost in the right direction.
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Tuckahoe wrote:
Hey July, wouldn't mind hearin more about your sheep. Do y'all produce any yarn, roving or doing anything like the Montpillier fiber show?
I've been wanting to ask also. I've been to Montpelier many times...and Maryland Sheep and Wool.Lost in the right direction. -
I'm trying to decide wether to ram another sheep pun down your throats.I'm not lost. I know where I am. I'm right here.
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Tuckahoe wrote:
Hey July, wouldn't mind hearin more about your sheep. Do y'all produce any yarn, roving or doing anything like the Montpillier fiber show?
Tuckahoe wrote:
Hey July, wouldn't mind hearin more about your sheep. Do y'all produce any yarn, roving or doing anything like the Montpillier fiber show?
TrafficJam wrote:
Tuckahoe wrote:
Hey July, wouldn't mind hearin more about your sheep. Do y'all produce any yarn, roving or doing anything like the Montpillier fiber show?
I've been wanting to ask also. I've been to Montpelier many times...and Maryland Sheep and Wool.
Tuck and TJ thanks for asking. I raise a breed of Katahdin/Dorper hair sheep. The past few years have bred with 100% Katahdin Rams. These sheep shed the coats in the spring when temps start to warm up... -
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Astro wrote:
July,
Do you try to shear them before they shed?
They retain the winter coats until the weather starts to warm up, then start to shed. From time to time a few may retain a patch of hair here and there, then I will take the clippers to them. -
July wrote:
Astro wrote:
July,
Do you try to shear them before they shed?
They retain the winter coats until the weather starts to warm up, then start to shed. From time to time a few may retain a patch of hair here and there, then I will take the clippers to them.
How do they taste?Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
Dr. Seuss -
July wrote:
Astro wrote:
July,
Do you try to shear them before they shed?
They retain the winter coats until the weather starts to warm up, then start to shed. From time to time a few may retain a patch of hair here and there, then I will take the clippers to them.
I read that Katahdin/Dorper's don't produce a spinnable fleece...is that correct? What do you do with the hair they shed?Lost in the right direction. -
Rasty wrote:
July wrote:
Astro wrote:
July,
Do you try to shear them before they shed?
They retain the winter coats until the weather starts to warm up, then start to shed. From time to time a few may retain a patch of hair here and there, then I will take the clippers to them.
How do they taste?
Mutton to write home about.I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does -
Rasty wrote:
July wrote:
Astro wrote:
July,
Do you try to shear them before they shed?
They retain the winter coats until the weather starts to warm up, then start to shed. From time to time a few may retain a patch of hair here and there, then I will take the clippers to them.
How do they taste?
Lamb is very delicious, and if consuming meat, is also probably one of the healthiest. I raise antibiotic free, and hay/grass fed. Except for minor grain supplement in winter. Healthy flock with little to no stressors.
Rasty wrote:
July wrote:
Astro wrote:
July,
Do you try to shear them before they shed?
They retain the winter coats until the weather starts to warm up, then start to shed. From time to time a few may retain a patch of hair here and there, then I will take the clippers to them.
How do they taste?
TrafficJam wrote:
July wrote:
Astro wrote:
July,
Do you try to shear them before they shed?
They retain the winter coats until the weather starts to warm up, then start to shed. From time to time a few may retain a patch of hair here and there, then I will take the clippers to them.
I read that Katahdin/Dorper's don't produce a spinnable fleece...is that correct? What do you do with the hair they shed?
That is correct TJ, hair is shed on pasture and is essentially waste. Although I'm sure that plenty of winged friends have constructed sturdy nests over time with this addition... -
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hikerboy wrote:
you know i love lamb and veal, but sometimes i wonder if its okay that im eating the babies.
I feel what you are saying Hikerboy. Years ago in my thirties, I was a vegetarian for several years and felt great but decided sometimes a hamburger is a good thing. "eating babies" is a general statement as any meat that we consume bears the same consideration, whether a rabbit, deer, cow, etc... You either do, or don't. As contrary to what some believe, humans ourselves are NOT at the top of the food chain... I feel that first one must honor oneself, and what one places in our body (temple). Ex. If a deer goes down in the field, and you let it lay, the birds and coytes will come feed. Life is a circle, we are all connected. -
July wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
you know i love lamb and veal, but sometimes i wonder if its okay that im eating the babies.
I feel what you are saying Hikerboy. Years ago in my thirties, I was a vegetarian for several years and felt great but decided sometimes a hamburger is a good thing. "eating babies" is a general statement as any meat that we consume bears the same consideration, whether a rabbit, deer, cow, etc... You either do, or don't. As contrary to what some believe, humans ourselves are NOT at the top of the food chain... I feel that first one must honor oneself, and what one places in our body (temple). Ex. If a deer goes down in the field, and you let it lay, the birds and coytes will come feed. Life is a circle, we are all connected.
this "moral dilemma" is consistently outweighed by my appetiteits all good -
They are more tender young. They are more flavorful as they age. They are tasty at any age if you have the cooking skills and enough butter.Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
Dr. Seuss -
Rasty wrote:
They are more tender young. They are more flavorful as they age. They are tasty at any age if you have the cooking skills and enough butter.
they may be more tender younger, but i still prefer chicken to eggs.its all good -
hikerboy wrote:
Rasty wrote:
They are more tender young. They are more flavorful as they age. They are tasty at any age if you have the cooking skills and enough butter.
they may be more tender younger, but i still prefer chicken to eggs.
How do you feel about chicken francaise? It's both the chicken and the egg.Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
Dr. Seuss -
hikerboy wrote:
Rasty wrote:
They are more tender young. They are more flavorful as they age. They are tasty at any age if you have the cooking skills and enough butter.
they may be more tender younger, but i still prefer chicken to eggs.
Got some Rhode Island Reds here, next time you make it close to Damascus -
Rasty wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
Rasty wrote:
They are more tender young. They are more flavorful as they age. They are tasty at any age if you have the cooking skills and enough butter.
they may be more tender younger, but i still prefer chicken to eggs.
How do you feel about chicken francaise? It's both the chicken and the egg.its all good -
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Astro wrote:
July, will the circle of life stuff you could always switch to Simba if you wanted a new trail name.
Please continue... I'm listening... -
Rasty wrote:
They are more tender young. They are more flavorful as they age. They are tasty at any age if you have the cooking skills and enough butter.
And don't forget the bacon! -
July wrote:
Rasty wrote:
July wrote:
Astro wrote:
July,
Do you try to shear them before they shed?
They retain the winter coats until the weather starts to warm up, then start to shed. From time to time a few may retain a patch of hair here and there, then I will take the clippers to them.
How do they taste?
Lamb is very delicious, and if consuming meat, is also probably one of the healthiest. I raise antibiotic free, and hay/grass fed. Except for minor grain supplement in winter. Healthy flock with little to no stressors.
Rasty wrote:
July wrote:
Astro wrote:
July,
Do you try to shear them before they shed?
They retain the winter coats until the weather starts to warm up, then start to shed. From time to time a few may retain a patch of hair here and there, then I will take the clippers to them.
How do they taste?
TrafficJam wrote:
July wrote:
Astro wrote:
July,
Do you try to shear them before they shed?
They retain the winter coats until the weather starts to warm up, then start to shed. From time to time a few may retain a patch of hair here and there, then I will take the clippers to them.
I read that Katahdin/Dorper's don't produce a spinnable fleece...is that correct? What do you do with the hair they shed?
That is correct TJ, hair is shed on pasture and is essentially waste. Although I'm sure that plenty of winged friends have constructed sturdy nests over time with this addition...
I'm having a hard time understanding this...I have never come across a sheep fiber that could not be hand spun. Are we talking commercial spinning? Is the wool such poor quality that it's not worth picking it up in the field? Even the worst quality wool can be carded with something else or used for felting, etc. I'm not judging, I'm just curious.Lost in the right direction. -
hikerboy wrote:
July wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
you know i love lamb and veal, but sometimes i wonder if its okay that im eating the babies.
I feel what you are saying Hikerboy. Years ago in my thirties, I was a vegetarian for several years and felt great but decided sometimes a hamburger is a good thing. "eating babies" is a general statement as any meat that we consume bears the same consideration, whether a rabbit, deer, cow, etc... You either do, or don't. As contrary to what some believe, humans ourselves are NOT at the top of the food chain... I feel that first one must honor oneself, and what one places in our body (temple). Ex. If a deer goes down in the field, and you let it lay, the birds and coytes will come feed. Life is a circle, we are all connected.
this "moral dilemma" is consistently outweighed by my appetite
What dilemma? Animals eat animals.I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does -
hikerboy wrote:
you know i love lamb and veal, but sometimes i wonder if its okay that im eating the babies.
i don't know if HB was serious or trying to be funny, but after seeing a segment on 60 minutes years ago about how veal is raised i won't eat it. i also buy my eggs from the farmers market that come from chickens that are allowed to go outside and peck around in the dirt.2,000 miler -
We had chickens when we lived in Texas, mostly for the eggs. Occasionally, we would crack open an egg that had been left under a hen for too long...it wasn't an egg anymore.
Once, my dad decided to get some chickens to raise and eat. It's true that chickens run around with their heads chopped off. After that, my little sister refused to eat chicken unless it was store bought.Lost in the right direction. -
Rasty wrote:
They are more tender young. They are more flavorful as they age. They are tasty at any age if you have the cooking skills and enough butter.
...and garlic.I may grow old but I'll never grow up. -
TrafficJam wrote:
We had chickens when we lived in Texas, mostly for the eggs. Occasionally, we would crack open an egg that had been left under a hen for too long...it wasn't an egg anymore.
Once, my dad decided to get some chickens to raise and eat. It's true that chickens run around with their heads chopped off. After that, my little sister refused to eat chicken unless it was store bought.
You should see the damage they can do to a cloths line with white sheets on it.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
I have a tradition with my youngest son, he gets a knife for Christmas and birthdays, one Christmas I got him a real samurai sword, one you could shave with. He has 20 or so acres in upstate NY and raises chickens for eggs and once a year they kill them and put them in the freezer. He sent us a video of harvesting chickens with the sword...effective but comical.I may grow old but I'll never grow up.
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