She sure is!

Cute!

Funny!

Good question. I was just visiting, maybe she wasn’t going to do anything with the fleece.

Lived on a farm in Saskatchewan for a few years...yup.

What kind of farming?

@@thehealinghiker in the early years it was a mixed farm, and then only grain later on. Dad, sold the farm in 1977.

Where do you live? I know she sells a few now herself.

Good question, hopefully somebody will be able to help you out with it. If I can get in touch with the farmer lady I will ask her for you.

I’ve only read about it because I own this breed but I don’t do any spinning. Their wool is very greasy so it is great for hand spinning.

Sorry I don’t, these are my neighbours sheep that I visited during shearing. 😔

I use apple cider vinegar in their water. One paddock has a tub I fill (not a trough) just put a couple cap fulls in it about 40l water. Seems to be working. But we only have 4 sheep haha

@@hendrix174 4 sheep is a good number to start. I want to start with 10 sheep. You have nice farm and nice dogs.

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You don't want to mix EF with katahdin or dorpers. Wool sheep and hair sheep should preferably be bred wool to wool and hair to hair. The hair sheep genetics will ruin the wool quality and you can end up with patchy shedding hair that you still have to shear, sheep with heat management issues, and sheep that are more prone to issues like lice and fungal infections due to the wool-hair mixture getting tangled (making dreds). This is due to the lack of lanolin lubricating wool to keep it organized and from tangling. Therefore, it is ill advised. If you don't want to use or sell the wool for spinning, wool is also excellent for use in the garden! It works as a weed block, mulch (to keep evaporation down), or even at the bottom of planters or pots for good water distribution.

@@BaughbeSauce Good answer,thanks.

@@peaceandlove5214 your welcome. 😊 I have EF ewes and this year bred them to a dorset ram for meat lambs. Dorset are a wool breed of meat sheep.