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ohiogoatgirl
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HUZZAH!!! everything is about to be set up! keepin all my fingers and toes crossed! I am writing out *everything* I possibly can. I am sooo excited!
I just realized too that if I decide to get older ewes and a ram that i'll be bringin em home probably beginning of November and it would line up perfectly with my breeding time I had thought of already. so it will be an interesting day at her farm with all these things to think over as I choose! I will be calling her tomorrow to figure the best day to come out. and i'll be seeing her probably on Saturday at the spinners and weavers meeting. yippee!!!
back to my original post here, @Roving Jacobs mentioned the mule breeding system used in the UK to me. upon a bit of research I find that shetlands are regularly used with BFL, NC cheviot, border cheviot, etc rams! those lambs are sold off or used on the next breeding level with texel or other breed ram and supposedly have really awesome traits here for this tier system.
so.... BFL? those rams are supposed to be 200-250lbs! on little Shetland ewes!? well either the ewe decides a lot more of the lamb size than I would have guessed (like other animals experience I have) or they have some much bigger Shetland ewes than anything I have seen in person or online?
I just realized too that if I decide to get older ewes and a ram that i'll be bringin em home probably beginning of November and it would line up perfectly with my breeding time I had thought of already. so it will be an interesting day at her farm with all these things to think over as I choose! I will be calling her tomorrow to figure the best day to come out. and i'll be seeing her probably on Saturday at the spinners and weavers meeting. yippee!!!
back to my original post here, @Roving Jacobs mentioned the mule breeding system used in the UK to me. upon a bit of research I find that shetlands are regularly used with BFL, NC cheviot, border cheviot, etc rams! those lambs are sold off or used on the next breeding level with texel or other breed ram and supposedly have really awesome traits here for this tier system.
so.... BFL? those rams are supposed to be 200-250lbs! on little Shetland ewes!? well either the ewe decides a lot more of the lamb size than I would have guessed (like other animals experience I have) or they have some much bigger Shetland ewes than anything I have seen in person or online?