Anyone with sheep?

[BeaghCochin]

hi , alongside my chickens an ducks , I also keep suffolk sheep ! Anyone else keep sheep on here ? Interested to here and if so what sort of sheep ? (By the way for show an sale we dye the sheep in sheep bloom , as it’s traditional)

 

[casportpony]

They are beautiful! I just found out that @Claires Poultry has sheep.

 

[HuffleClaw]

WHOA! Those sheep are gorgeous!

 

[casportpony]

I would like to know more about this sheep bloom stuff. Is that a UK thing or do they do here in the states too?

 

[NewChicMom]

We have sheep!! 2 pets that are Soay sheep.. a rarer small shedding sheep. They have horns and everyone thinks they are goats.. lol
My daughter also keeps Hampshire X sheep for FFA, we have 3 market lambs and 1 we will be breeding.. yay baby lambs next year!
Sheep are very cute and can be sweet but they are DUMB. Lol
I’m interested to learn about the dying!

 

[Claires Poultry]

hi , alongside my chickens an ducks , I also keep suffolk sheep ! Anyone else keep sheep on here ? Interested to here and if so what sort of sheep ? (By the way for show an sale we dye the sheep in sheep bloom , as it’s traditional)

We have sheep!! 2 pets that are Soay sheep.. a rarer small shedding sheep. They have horns and everyone thinks they are goats.. lol
My daughter also keeps Hampshire X sheep for FFA, we have 3 market lambs and 1 we will be breeding.. yay baby lambs next year!
Sheep are very cute and can be sweet but they are DUMB. Lol
I’m interested to learn about the dying!

Very beautiful sheep!

 

[Claires Poultry]

They are beautiful! I just found out that @Claires Poultry has sheep.

Yes, I also have sheep..... well kind of. I don't do much with them though, my brothers feed them and water them and sometimes I help them move them to new pasture. They are Jacob sheep, a smaller heritage breed, like the ones Jacob had in the bible. They can grow up to 6 horns each, and they can even have an odd number of horns.
Today we butchered 5 of our wethers. I think we have 1 ram and 5 ewes left, plus their babies from this year.

 

[NewChicMom]

Yes, I also have sheep..... well kind of. I don't do much with them though, my brothers feed them and water them and sometimes I help them move them to new pasture. They are Jacob sheep, a smaller heritage breed, like the ones Jacob had in the bible. They can grow up to 6 horns each, and they can even have an odd number of horns.
Today we butchered 5 of our wethers. I think we have 1 ram and 5 ewes left, plus their babies from this year.

Ooh, please share a picture! I’d love to see what they look like!!

 

[Claires Poultry]

Ooh, please share a picture! I’d love to see what they look like!!

I don't mind sharing a picture, but they're way out in the pasture and they won't let you get very close to them, so I think it would be very hard to get a pic. Also the ram we currently have doesn't have that fancy of horns.
Just search "Jacob sheep" on Google and you will find LOTS of pics.

 

[BeaghCochin]

I would like to know more about this sheep bloom stuff. Is that a UK thing or do they do here in the states too?

I says it’s a UK thing as it’s always been traditional for this breed never to be shown in there natural white state (I think it’s to make the head and legs stand out better ) , the bloom it’s self is a powder (can come as a concentrate liquid) that you mix in water an spray on the sheep (or dip the sheep in a dipper) ... every breeder has there own unique colour (I happen to like gold yellow ) but they can only be between the colours of orange, yellow or brown.. it’s water based so will come
Off in 6-12 weeks (depending how strong you put it on)


Suffolks aren’t the only breed shown like this tho , Hampshire’s , oxford down , texel , beltex , Charolais are all shown this way but most breeds keep the colour lighter so it’s harder to tell