Coopworth at Yahoo! Groups

Christmas Cheer from Owens Farm

Me — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:26:57 GMT

Greetings, fellow Coopworth producers, from Owens Farm in Sunbury, PA. (Where Coopworth sheep are rapidly replacing Katahdins and Dorsets based on foot

spun wool

Janet Finch — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:57:54 GMT

Hi Everybody, I just finished up spinning my first fleece of Coopworth. I dyed a couple lbs in indigo. Many dippings later I have four lovely shades of blue

Re: New Farm Blog

Joel Steele — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:27:59 GMT

I enjoyed that. Very good work on the blog. joel Steele Wool Company ... From: laingcroftfarm Subject: [Coopworth] New Farm

New Farm Blog

laingcroftfarm — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:08:54 GMT

For anyone that follows, reads or writes blogs, we've started one for the farm. Cute pic of one of our Coop ewes from Martha.

book

Jim & Martha McGrath — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:42:10 GMT

If anyone is interested, I just found new copies of STOREY'S BARN GUIDE TO SHEEP At $5 each! http://www.edwardrhamilton.com/titles/7/4/4/7445628.html Martha

Re: Targeted grazing utilizing sheep

heartsofthemeadow1@... — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:08:10 GMT

Debbie Martzall Hearts of the Meadow Farm 2576 Laurel Creek Road Big Springs, WV 26137 304-462-8043 Martha, Thank you for this information--------I watched it

Targeted grazing utilizing sheep

Jim & Martha McGrath — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:49:26 GMT

ASI Profile Series Segment Airs Targeted grazing utilizing sheep will be showcased by the award-winning television series, The Profiles Series. The show will

Re: Breeding Question

Joel Steele — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:12:02 GMT

Thank you. I feel a little bit better about things now. I didn't know if the lambs would come out with five legs or what not. Those were interesting

Breeding Question

Jim & Martha McGrath — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:35:01 GMT

Joel- I forgot to explain the "F1" and "F2" terms. In sheep these are usually used when talking about generations of a cross. When the Coopworth was developed,

Breeding Question

Jim & Martha McGrath — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:06:52 GMT

Joel- This is called "linebreeding", and I see no problem provided the half sibs have not both inherited a gene for a recessive fault from their sire. It has

Breeding Question

Joel Steele — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:13:10 GMT

I was going through all my sheep records and noticed a problem, or so I think. I purchased a starter flock this last summer and was assured that the ram

Re: fleece

Janet Finch — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:33:23 GMT

Well, I know that there is a lot of variation within a breed. I guess I haven't analyzed this batch of fleeces well enough to really know how it will come

Re: fleece

heartsofthemeadow1@... — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:43:22 GMT

Debbie Martzall Hearts of the Meadow Farm 2576 Laurel Creek Road Big Springs, WV 26137 304-462-8043 Hi Janet, I have knitted socks with my Coopworth roving

Re: new LGD pup

heartsofthemeadow1@... — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:38:39 GMT

Debbie Martzall Hearts of the Meadow Farm 2576 Laurel Creek Road Big Springs, WV 26137 304-462-8043 Wow----1st place for the ACR booth at Rhinebeck--------way

Re: fleece

Regina Malsbary — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:58:27 GMT

Janet, I use Coop for virtually everything and haven't ever had a problem with a lack of 'spring'. I've made socks from both homespun and mill-spun and both