Judging a Flock By Its Cover

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August/September 2000
 
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Pet lambs get very tame and attached to whoever feeds them. "Stepmothers" can hardly walk though a field without tripping over adoring pets. As adults, the 130- to 225-pound ewes can unintentionally knock their object of affection (you) flat on the ground. If, on the other hand, a 150- to 300-pound "pet" ram knocks you down, it's no accident. He wants to be the boss. Not all rams are aggressive, but never turn your back on one-not even one named "Sweetiekins."

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I recommend keeping a minimum of two or three sheep (a few good wool producers will provide enough fiber for all the sweaters you can use, plus stuffing for a quilt or two). Keep more sheep and you'll have more wool to sell. Keep a lone sheep and it will end up inside your house, perhaps sleeping behind the stove with the cat. Remember, these are social animals. If you don't give them a flock, they'll find one.

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SOURCES

BOOKS
Raising Sheep the Modern Way (1989);
Spinning and Weaving with Wool (1991); Turning Wool into a Cottage Industry (1991) , all by Paula Simmons, Storey Books, Pownal, VT

Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable, by Juliette De Bairacli-Levy, Faber & Faber, 1991.

Veterinary Book for Sheep Farmers, by David C. Henderson, Farming Press Books, U.K., 1990
(U.S. distributor: Diamond Farm Enterprises, Box 537, Alexandria Bay, NY 13607)

MAGAZINES
Sheep!
 P0. Box 10 Lake Mills, WI 53551 www.sheepmagazine.com

The Shepherd
 5696 Johnston Road
New Washington, OH 44854-9736

Spin-Off
 Interweave Press, Inc.
201 E. Fourth Street Loveland, CO 85037-5655 www.interweave.com

Handwoven
 Interweave Press, In c. (see above)

WEB SITES
 Maryland Small Ruminant Page
www.intercom.net/user/sschoen/
maryland.html

The Spinners' and Weavers' Spring
Housecleaning Pages
homepages.together.net/
~kbruce/kbbspin.html

Ewool
ewool.iwarp.com

Sheep on the Web!
members.aol.com/culhamb/
sheepweb.htm

The Oklahoma State University Breeds of Livestock Project
www ansi.okstate.edu/
BREEDS/SHEEP/

SHEPHERDS
Mary Child
HC 63, Box 75
Moyers, WV 26815
e-mail: maryc@access.mountain.net
 (Lincoln/Corriedale sheep, fleeces)

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