Breeding sheep for their wool requires a well thought out plan and careful execution.
Once you've decided you want to breed your sheep, you have to think about your breeding goals, select the breeding stock, design living quarters and move and care for the sheep.
In this video, I answer all questions we ask as the first step of breeding for spring lambs. They include:
0:51 What is the purpose of our farm?
1:44 What is involved in raising sheep for their wool?
4:29 What is our fleece standard?
6:06 Why do we breed sheep?
9:00 Why do we breed in the fall?
10:28 How do we select breeding ewes?
13:38 How do we decide which rams we breed?
16:09 What is a breeding group?
16:46 Why do you set up breeding groups?
18:04 How do you set up breeding groups?
22:31 Placing sheep in breeding groups?
30:43 What outcomes are you hoping for?
Here are the links to some videos I think you will find helpful that expand on some of the topics I mentioned in this video:
Rooing
• Rooing our Soft Shetla...
2023 Fleece Auction
• 99 - Fleece Auction Pr...
Sheep Coats
• Sheep Coats with Rocky...
How to Use Micron Data
• Understanding Micron Data
Lambing 2021
• Lambing 2021
Artificially Inseminating Our Ewes
• Sheep Farm Vlog 87 - A...
Here is a link to our blog where we list available sheep, as well as a written version of this video:
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