Interesting results of your testing. I certainly see no reason you won't get your results with the devotion you have to the St Croix sheep. susan millstone...
Very true, I had 30 of mine tested once at Texas AM DNA Core Lab Facility codons 111 thru 212, and they discovered the PARQ and some novel polymorphism's never...
The rabbit hair on Angora Rabbits is hollow and many believe that their hollow hair fibers absorb and utilize the vitamins from the sun more efficiently. The...
Ok, what is PARQ refer to and APHIS? So how do you all feel about the ear tag testing for scrapie? How many of you do it? Two vets that I have talked with...
In Texas a few years ago. The Federal Inspector told me they were testing a bunch of Black Belly Barbadoes cause the breeder brought in some wool rambouillet...
Pure St. Croix not crossbred are highly scrapie resistant naturally in older genetics that I had. They have anew live test for scrapie. Scrapie is generally...
From eating the afterbirth? So you are saying that you and your sheep do not attend group sales. You only sell off the farm to folks who inquire? Laurel T....
You got it just off the farm, about half of the new born ewe lambs due to lamb this month are presold, and I instruct these buyers how to keep them healthy ...
Yes other sheep ingesting other sheep afterbirth, I have never seen that before, usually a mother will eat her own not others ************** Wondering what's...
No Royal White has ever tested positive for scrapie. Not so with Kathadhins, Dorpers, St. Croix or Black Bellie Barbado and most wool sheep. I plan on ...
Subject: crossbreeding SC w/ wooled sheep As some of you know, I have St Croix as well as commercial katadin sheep. I like the SC for many reasons, esp their...
Most likely you will lose a lot of parasite resistance from the wool type influence in the offspring. The best St, Croix cross (wool) I have heard of is ...
Bill, I am not sure it's fair to lump all wool sheep into 'not' parasite resistant or slow starters, just as I AM sure that not all hair sheep are parasite...
Hi: Dorpers in my mind aren't hair sheep, they are desert sheep designed for the arid areas. Even that association considers an all hair Dorper a cull. Th...
Well, I guess the main thing is where the sheep are being raised in regards to wool and hair sheep breeds and how they are being fed. Converting protein from...
Original St. Croix Hair Sheep Int'l Assn>Have any of you seen or had experince w/ a large breed wooled ram on SC ewes? I wonder >about lambing problems and...
<Wool type lambs are much slower to get up due to size and lack of IGA and glucose levels the St. Croix would have > This absolutely is not my experience. Our...
I had about 600 St. Croix Fullblood ewes registered and registerable at one time in Texas. I went thru many crosses over the years. A few lambings with over...
all sheep have parasites and coccidia....some breeds are capable of handling those loads better than others and for longer periods of time resistance and ...
Ann, there is something wrong with your St Croix ewes. You said they'd had some nutritional problems before you bought them? -- you might also want to check...
Thank you Karen, this is very reassuring. I've been puzzling about all the good I've been hearing about St. Croix and how it's not reflected in what I've been...
I have been reading your crossbreeding comments. Good sheep make good crossbredsI, I I have large southdowns and hampshires that I have been breeding for...
I guess it's about time I chimed in here. I sold these registered St Croix sheep to Ann and John. 4 of the ewes came from Linda O'Neal from Virginia. She is...
Hi Kerry, We did make up our St. Croix flock from a couple of sources. Some came from a stressed situation, some did not. I haven't pulled the data out to ...
Dear Ann & also Kerry, The climate change should not have bothered the sheep too much if it was not to a sudden cold. A lack of sheep mineral ration could be a...
Linda O'Neill was kind enough to deliver a trio to me last year. They were youngsters and did quite well. I will breed them this fall. But I did get sheep...
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