Hi Ann,
I've been raising purebred, registered Karakuls for 17 years and never had a
problem with mothering. In fact, I often tell people that Karakuls are the
perfect beginners sheep as they are pretty forgiving of shepherd screw-ups.
Mine are the easiest of the four breeds that I raise. I wonder what the
selection criteria was for those sheep. If someone is a bad mother here,
they get one chance. The second time, they are on the truck. I've never
shipped a Karakul for bad mothering. I *have* had Karakul ewes who were
pregnant "granny" someone else's lamb. Basically, she will steal another's
lamb in anticipation of her own arriving. However, the real mother never
had a problem with taking her own lamb back.
I sell fleeces and sometimes roving. Depends on what I've got and what I've
been using. ONe of these days I'm going to weave a 5 x 7 rug out of the
various colors of Karakul. Just random color selection in a wedge weave.
Trouble is that I keep using the yarns that I've spun for some other project
and so never have enough Karakul yarns.
Robin Snyder, spinner, weaver, shepherd
Border Collie Rescue - California www.bcrescue.net
San Diego County, CA
To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
