Re: easy care sheep

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:17:59 +0100, Linda Sutherland
<linda.sutherland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In message <5d4engF31lobbU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
"Jim Webster" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

properly brought up

suspect that's the key to it all! Certainly fits my memories of Shetland
sheep, anyway. Ones regularly exposed to dogs and handling were much
easier to work with than ones that only saw the inside of a pen once a
year or less.

Some Shetland sheep do shed their fleeces, and I've an idea there's a
specific cause. If so, it might be open to development into a management
technique? Unfortunately, I can't remember what it was!


Stress (usually nutrtional), illness or some antibiotics can lead to
shedding. Sadly none of these could realistically be used to encourage
shedding.
.

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