Hello fellow Tunis Talkers:) Welcome to our group. Please feel free to post any info, questions or thoughts you have. Enjoy the friendship of other Tunis...
We have just had 3 ewes lamb this week (4 more to go), and 2 sets of twin ewes, and 1 set of twin rams. Had a great lambing season so far! Hope all is well...
Thanks to good advice from the vet....we have a nice set of twins...a ram and an ewe from a yearling that had toxemia. Some strong sugar water and Vitamin...
When you sell lambs from the farm....what prices do you get for registered, showable, ewe lambs? registered but probably won't show well ewe lambs? registered...
Okay friends... We have this great place to share ideas...and no one is sharing anything! Remember...just sign in and then to post message and then write........
I'm not all that smart, am just figuring this all out. Will try to check in once & a while. Tunis sheep ? I've heard of them a couple of times over the last...
I have been getting a lot of calls from folks interested in getting started with Tunis. They are having a hard time finding enough Tunis for a small starter...
As Editor of the national newsletter...I will send a copy of the latest newsletter, a breed brochure and a membership list to those people who have contacted...
This is our second lambing season. From seven ewes, we got five sets of twins, and two singles. Six ewe lambs and six ram lambs. We had to pull two lambs,...
I am curious as to what age most of you wean your lambs. I have always weaned at 8 weeks. But when I look at other lambs at shows and sales I have noticed my...
I haven't started yet but should any day. The nice warm weather that usually appears here in Illinois in April kidn of makes a spring pasture lamber out of a...
Rob: We don't wean until at least 90 days, sometimes longer. I figure that it's the ewes job to raise that lamb & the more the lamb gets from her the better....
Here in Ohio at the Darling Tunis Farm...we wean when we have every extra ounce of fat off of those ewes and so it varies. If they lamb January....and the...
Lyle: Before this last year we lambed in Jan. like most but I weaned before the ewes went to pasture. This last year we moved to a new farm with better...
Louise: Your thoughts of weaning make sense but also made me wonder about udder issues. Has anybody seen a breakdown in the ewes' udders from later weanings?...
lyle how is your lambing season going? what are you plannig on bringing to wooster? also i can't figure out how to veiw your pic's on your web site....may ...
Kelly: We are done lambing. We didn't have as many as usual, mostly singles and a few of our Romneys never got bred, I pulled the ram to soon I guess. I...
I am curious if anyone has had any luck with fall lambing? Is it fairly common to get Tunis to breed for fall lambs or is it pretty tough to do? Aside from...
I haven't had any success with getting Tunis to naturally breed in the fall. You are correct as to the advantages--spreading out the lambing and the older age...
Thanks for the reply Barbara. I haven't ever tried fall lambing. I have thought about it, even planned it, but being in the center of the cornbelt my...
Has anyone used the swabbing method for DNA testing, versus the blood samples? How reliable is this procedure, and /or any drawbacks, such as a resulting eye...
We wean our young'uns off about 60 days. Mama is really taking a beating at that point (and before as well). I've seen her hind end come right off the...
We use Blood Cards (I think they are called FTA cards) to test the sheep. You purchase the cards from your testing facility. The cards are like double...
Sally - which facility do you use? I'd be very interested in doing this on my flock but have been avoiding having my vet out to do them all (the expense you...
John: I can't say about the swabbing method. I can tell you I have done the new ear tag type with the small tube that you break off and send back in with...
louise did you ever get any answers on what people are priceing show quality ram and ewe lambs off the farm at ? I would appreciate answers from anyone. email...
No answers....but around here among the Tunis people...lambs start at $300 and go upward...or at least that is what they are at my farm.....and that normally...
Just got on the web site and read all messages. I have had pretty good luck in the last couple of years with fall lambing. Last fall 1/2 of my ewe flock...
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