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ohiogoatgirl
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I would skip the wether and just use the ewes for wool. That way you get more lambs that you can sell and use to pay for their feed and such. So instead of 3 to 4 lambs from 2 ewes, you could have 9 to 12 lambs from 6 ewes.
well the reason I was going with the wethers is because my main interest with the sheep is good wool for spinning. wethers generally have finer wool and for longer (wool gets coarser with age) plus I can buy wethers cheaper which is also a plus.
I am not against growing the amount of ewes I would keep but I think it would be better to start out with several wethers and a couple ewes at first. i know several amish farms near me have sheep but i really do not know how well they keep them or if they have stock i would want to buy from. the amish in this area are mainly the weird redneck do things all stupid type. i know some very nice families but in the immediate area here is a lot of icky not well kept families unfortunately. so i am watching for local people and the ads. but definitely some good wool wethers from one guy i know (bought wool from him before so i know he has good fiber herd). and one woman that i would like to see her herd mostly icelandics and random breed and crosses, but i have bought some wool from her now as well and very happy with it.
i think the very least i will get a couple Icelandic ewes and breed em for spring lambs for the family here.
it would be great to breed several ewes and sell meat lambs or young stock but i am doubting the market. that's something i need to remember to ask the local sheep people.