Hello everyone, I have disbursed the last majority of my TUNIS flock of 16. Down to my last two best purebred ewes. I have crossed the majority of my flock...
Wow, Tunis breeders should be thrilled with the Tunis results at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. Carmen Griffin, Pine Ridge Tunis, showed her Tunis in the...
Congratulations to Tunis (Carmen too) for their great showing at the MD Sheep and Wool Festival! We here in VA had a great day too. +- 20 of us enjoyed a...
I went! Wouldn't miss it for the world. The only Tunis I saw belonged to Carmen Griffin and they were in the breed display barn. If I missed anyone, please...
Does anyone have any photos of either of the events? I'd love to post them to the website. I was up in Connecticut last weekend and visited the Connecticut...
A friend of mine and I went to the MD Sheep and Wool Festival this past weekend. As was mentioned earlier, there were very few tunis on site, but there were...
P.S. I should have added that the festival itself was great! Having sheep there meant we had to stay for the whole weekend, and that gave us plenty of time to...
I just love seeing beautiful tunis on the front cover of the Banner Sheep Magazine. Nice ad Barbara!!! Even better... I love seeing my Diva girl in pictures......
It is with mixed feelings that I want to announce the Complete and Total Dispersal of the B-Bar (Bartholomew) and Tampa Tunis Flocks. The sale will take place...
I second the nod toward Priemer electric fence. In northern Calif, don't have Tunis yet but a variety of breeds and the sheep have never seen a barn in their...
For the second year in a row now, I have watched my sheep (or their wool) get butchered! Someone down the road from me hires these two brothers every year to ...
Hey Becky, No great wisdom here, but you can see why shearers are worth their weight in gold. When you go to shows or other similar events, how about asking...
The reason I have only had one other shearer out here is that I *have* been shearing them myself, I cant even do it with a stand because of the bending, its my...
Hi, I use to do a lott of outside shearing, I have the same problem, my back. do all my sheep on a stand if I have to I can even shear sitting down. The only...
I understand that nics can be expected, but if I posted a picture of this 'blue' ewe on tunistalk, you guys would all be wondering why I didnt kick em off my...
I am glad to report that I got everyone done including pat shearing on the show sheep. The stand takes a little longer but well worth saving your body. I use...
In a message dated 5/13/2008 6:10:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... there is a big difference between a nick and a cut IMO........nicks happen but your sheep...
My biggest fear with a shearer who cuts up the sheep is what diseases is he spreading from contaminated cutting blades. I always ask the shearer to disinfect...
Who's all going to Wooster? It sounds like it will be an exciting weekend. I know there are some nice sheep consigned, I have been studying the sales catalog...
My daughter and I are coming also! We will stop in Moab on Tuesday and pick Sam and her trailer up. I cant wait to meet everyone, see you all there! ... -- ...
As Jim and I were taking two cull ewes to market...we were discussing how lucky we were and what benefits we enjoyed by having a livestock market within 15...
For those of you who get American Livestock Supply, you'll recognize the breed of sheep on the cover.for those of you who don't get it (and maybe you should)...
I am lucky... I have 3 livestock auctions within a 30 mile radius of us. When I have to run sheep to the auction I just look to see who is paying the best...
Can you shear non-show sheep in a shearing stand? Has anybody done this with commerical flocks? Only one local shearer left and he is getting as old as my...
Hi Mark, In addition to my tunis, I also keep a breed (karakuls) that requires twice-yearly shearing, so for the fall shearing I'm pretty much on my own (I can...
I think you can... I have learned over the years to make it into one fleece without the second cuts. It took a good looooong while for me to learn.... lol The...
As Tammie has said, it's difficult to get the fleece in one piece on a stand, but it can be done. If you're not anxious to have it in one piece, shearing on a...
Hi Mark, I do all my own sheep on a fitting stand, remember they are only show sheep for 2 years after that they are for production john ... From: Mark Biaggi...
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