Member AnnS
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My dairy animals are sheep. They eat like goats but stay in the fences.
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Interesting list.! The John Taylor Gatto book I always recommend is THE UNDERGROUND HISTORY OF AMERICAN EDUCATION.
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Wow, that is far gone but I must admit I don’t hate the smell of hogs or horse manure. And I love the smell of the burping cabbages as they ferment into sauerkraut.
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I’m using. Ram from Greg Judy. Will hopefully bottle raise some ewe lambs for future dairy and see how the cross does.
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I’m still learning. I purchased my girls from a dairy so they had production numbers for their dams. I chose three ready to breed for spring, three who will be mature next winter, and one mature gal in milk. Learned a bit about milking by doing one. Dried her off for winter to focus on more infrastructure.
They are grass except I add growth pellets for lactation and babies. My goal is not but I am learning the rotational grazing and my skills so far are unreliable so I supplement with pellets. I’m building a new mineral shaw that will include kelp as a next step.
Goal 1: healthy sheep with babies rotationally grazing and being milked.
Goal 2: phase out inputs.
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My girls are some mix. I’ve forgotten what went into them. I like their milk whatever they are! Later as I get good at this, I may seek a specific breed but not yet.
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I love soft herbed goat cheese! I’m hoping to make something similar with sheep milk.
Nigerian Dwarf is what I originally intended to have. A friend gave me a buckling and Muffin has matured into a handsome fellow.
My ram smells better and behaves nicer.
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I love sheep cheese; there were ewes available from dairy lines and not a doe to be had when I was looking, so I got a small number of sheep. LOVE the milk in my coffee. Still learning but I was surprised at how much milk such a small animal gave. The one in milk has been dried off and I’m hoping for spring lambs and milking. I find I love Sheep personalities and I find the billy goat we have to be a bit annoying but the ram is pleasant. That said, I am not against adding a couple does since the offspring love their billy. I enjoy cabrito.
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I keep trying to get older persons to write memories in notebooks. Original source materials often correct history, create yours and cache copies.
I see how my worldview is warped by my education. We need lots of memoirs from people over 70.
I keep a journal in hopes that the kids or grandkids will benefit.