[Ag-eq] General message for ag-eq

[Zach Mason]

Hello Jewel, 

I'd be interested to know who you end up buying Dorpers from. Also, if
you're interested, I have cousins with Katahdins who might be looking to
sell. 

Zac

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From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel via Ag-eq
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 8:03 PM
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Jody!  I see that you are back in New Hampshire for the timebeing.  Are you
staying with relatives?
At long last, my old sheds are being replaced with nice new ones from a firm
known as Versatile, who specialise in prefab buildings.  Although they are
the same size as the old ones, they seem to be so
big:  the reason being, I think, is that the old sheds were wood and the
inside of the framework was lined, so that made a difference of 8 inches
between the inside and outside measurements, while the new ones are metal
and are not lined, so there is that extra 8 inches.  8 inches doesn't seem
much, but it is, really, noticeable.
I have had a  reasonable lambing with the sheep.  I lost one ewe who had
lambing difficulties, and a couple of lambs have died, but, as is said,
"Where there is livestock, there will be, as a matter of course, deadstock".
I am going to sell my Romneys as the return on the wool, in today's market,
is so poor that, with the small number I have, I have to pay the shearer
more than I get for  the wool.
I am hoping to buy some Dorpers.  The Dorper:  a breed developed in South
Africa, the founding breeds being the Dorcettshire, that is the "dor, and
the Persian Fat tail, the per.
The dorper is, principally, a meat sheep, and does not have to be shorn as
it sheds what poor quality wool it has.
I have been trying to buy a new milch goat:  Heidi and Minstrel, both
having died in May; however, I have had no luck!
"The adventures of Peter Rabbit" have, I think, touching wood as I type,
been brought to an end, and he is still alive to reflect on those glorious
days of freedom.  He escaped so many times that I said he must have had the
9 lives of a cat, but, the other day, I found myself saying that he must
have had the lives of 9 cats.

        Jewel


 


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