3. Our
Flock
• Selected
for
fleece
quality
for
over
25
years
• Great
mothering
insCnct
– Group
lambing
– No
lamb
rejecCon
– ProtecCve
• Weak
flockers
4. ProducCon
• May
–
November
RotaConal
grazing
– Never
on
the
same
piece
of
pasture
twice
in
the
same
year
– Never
wintered
on
the
same
piece
of
pasture
in
consecuCve
years
• Winter
– Baleage
rolled
out
5. Profit
Centres
• Meat
• Wool
– Raw
Fleece
• Hand
spinners
– Washed
locks
(&
dyed)
• Felters
and
fibre
arCsts
– Roving
– Yarn
• Natural
• Hand
Painted
• Skins
6. Lessons
Learned
So
Far
• Lambing
in
February
beats
May
– Higher
ferClity
– Twinning
%
went
from
10%
to
almost
50%
– BeXer
lamb
growth
• Parasite
loading
is
nill
iniCally
• Wet
hay
beats
dry
– Sheep
will
eat
the
whole
plant
– SubstanCal
reducCon
in
vegetable
maXer
in
the
fleece
7. Lessons
Learned
con’t
• Flystrike
– Shear
in
late
May
– Is
possible
in
a
wet
August
• Set
up
proper
handling
faciliCes
– Slight
modificaCon
to
our
caXle
handling
works
well
