http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/ Tunis Talk Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:31:49 GMT ranchinggal http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2559 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2559 I have several upcoming opportunities for you to learn and participate in herding clinics. If you have a herding breed and interested in your dog becoming Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:31:28 GMT Julie Poudrier http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2558 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2558 My tunis were out of a hand spinner's flock, so they already have pretty nice fleeces. I'm looking forward to seeing that the finer BFL fleece adds to the Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:10:35 GMT Janice Mixson http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2557 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2557 I,m crossing shetland rams over tunis, i've added Ef's to the mix this year, my goal hardy short tails, beaitiful fleece, tasty, milky, fast growing, colorful Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:30:31 GMT Julie Poudrier http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2556 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2556 Since we're talking about crossbreeds anyway, I've been wondering: I know some folks on this list do use their tunis in crossbreeding programs. Can any of you Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:28:00 GMT Julie Poudrier http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2555 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2555 I have always fed early in the morning and pretty much never get lambs at night (though some do arrive early, like 5 a.m.). This has been true enough that I Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:23:13 GMT anne@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2554 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2554 I have bred my Suffolk to a Tunis ram and she had her 1st set of twins, they were fast growing and higher carcass yield than the pure bred Tunis ... From: "M & Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:18:25 GMT Kim Day http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2553 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2553 We feed in the early am and again at night and last year's lambs were all born from 3pm-10pm.   -kim Red Rope Farm Douglassville, PA www. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:55:28 GMT M & C http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2552 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2552 I just bought a Suffolk ewe, who will be bred to my Tunis ram, I'm sure the off spring will yield higher and have that wonderful Tunis flavor. High Country Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:28:18 GMT Linda Whitenack http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2551 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2551 Louise that feeding early thing works, I usually feed as soon as I get home, around 3 pm, and we usually get lambs around 8pm, get the ewe and lamb in the jug Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:23:27 GMT darlingtunis http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2550 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2550 Okay, who did it? As I'm being a smart mouth about my barn cameras and the snow....the electric went off! Now that shut me up, didn't it? After 7 hours, the Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:15:22 GMT TAMMIE SERAFIN http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2549 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2549 Ok... Good news is that it was 62 degrees sunny and clear here in OR today. Oh! I guess I better some sunscreen on. Sorry couldn't resist :) Sent from my Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:51:42 GMT darlingtunis http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2548 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2548 The wind and snow are coming from the east...and that is bad news. We have 6 inches of snow in the past 4 hours...and they say we'll have another 6 inches Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:10:43 GMT otterknoll@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2547 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2547 The other day I took two packages of lamb out of the freezer...one marked rib chops from a Tunis and one shoulder chops from a Columbia x. Both my husband Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:11:20 GMT NVTunis http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2546 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2546 I noticed that too Cat, when my daughter was doing 4-H we had suffolk lambs that we took along side tunis to the butcher. Invariably the suffolk lambs would Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:31:08 GMT Debbi Brown http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2545 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/TunisTalk/message/2545 Yes, I am getting them and I guess it will continue to loop until he turns it off.     Debbi ________________________________ From: TAMMIE SERAFIN