Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Yes, there are quite a few different types of fleece and hair breeds depending on the use for the wool. The English breeds and the Merinos have very fine fleece good for fine wool fabrics and knitted wear. The Icelandic has a double fleece withe a fine soft undercoat and hair outer so it makes very ...

9509 TomK those Lincoln sheep are awesome! I hope you don't have burrs in your paddocks though! Yeah, that's the problem with sheep here-burdocks are a bugger to keep out of the fleece. Curiously, sheep love eating them but you have to make sure they get cut down before they make burrs. Which leads...

I have a Tom like that, but prefers the company of chickens than turkeys lol !!!

Hey maybe I should set up Cheesemaking session....

Any of them red palms? They're soooo cute, I'm so tempted to get my incubator out and try some lol!

Robbie, are you near Syndenham? Limestone Creamery has their own farm grown milk that is non homogenized. The cheese you mention is "Chèvre" and is the base for many great cheeses. You can do cow and sheep versions too and can do it with regular store bought milk. If you use a bit of calcium chlorid...

Sheep milk is naturally homogenized as well, though if it does sit you can get a little bit off the top. It also means it can be frozen for use later and works well if you can keep it at < -20C. It's how many of us started milking sheep in th late '90's sine we couldn' get enough in a short period t...

I haven't made my own in a while sadly and we did make some sheep cheese last year at Black River but it sold out quickly and we haven't started making any more for thi year. Depending on where you are, there are a few small sheep dairies around-Milkhouse Farm is near Smith Falls and sell their prod...

Robbie wrote:QR_BBPOST I'll have to transplant some before it get sprayed. Probably though, it won't grow for me because I want it to grow

Don't worry, it'll grow just fine...

I'm biased, but sheep milk is the best tasting of all milks! It is sweet and creamy and doesn't have that goaty taste. It is higher in components (fat, protein, etc) than other milks with the fat at 5.5 to over 10% by the end of lactation. It is composed of short and medium chain fatty acids which a...