Hi to all. I have been crossing Corridale and BFL for some time now and the fleeces are wonderful. I started with a natural colored Corridale ram and used him on a couple of my purebred BFL ewes. Since then I have bred the ewes to BFL rams and the fleeces just keep getting nicer and nicer, some of the lambs are dark and some light. Last year I had tripletts that I called oreo cookies - 2 dark rams and 1 white ewe lambs. The BFL adds the softness to the corridale and the corridale adds length and volume to the fiber/fleece.
Anne - Wool 'N' Wood Farms ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: Finn vs. Corriedale fleeces Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:26:51 -0800 >On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:53:38 -0700 gwens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've been curious to try Finnsheep. It sounds similar > > > to Corriedale. Any thoughts about similarities or > > > contrasts? Do you prefer one or the other? > > > > I've found Finnsheep fleece to be much finer (and softer) than the > > Corriedale. Of course there is a great variation in individual > > fleeces, > > and I do like both quite a bit, but I've found the corrie to be more > > of > > a sock-yarn type, and the finn to be more of a baby-soft type. > > > > YMMV. > > > > Gwen S. > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >I'm anxiously waiting for the spring shearing to play with our finn/BFL >crossbred's fleeces! > >- Karen Malcor-Chapman >http://www.kpmcornerstone.com To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
