"Nibby" (nibby68)
09/26/2016 at 13:23 • Filed to: None
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"Nibby" (nibby68)
09/26/2016 at 13:23 • Filed to: None | 3
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Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> Nibby
09/26/2016 at 13:26 |
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iSheep
Milky
> Nibby
09/26/2016 at 13:28 |
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I disapprove.
haveacarortwoorthree2
> Nibby
09/26/2016 at 13:31 |
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Oh, you can milk just about anything with nipples.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> haveacarortwoorthree2
09/26/2016 at 13:33 |
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i have nipples can u milk me?
Tekamul
> Milky
09/26/2016 at 13:34 |
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you mean iDisapprove
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> haveacarortwoorthree2
09/26/2016 at 13:37 |
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>Meat Loaf in Fight Club goes here <
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/26/2016 at 13:38 |
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“Do they lactate?” /Robin Williams
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> Nibby
09/26/2016 at 14:21 |
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In all seriousness, Sheep Dairy is a risky financial decision. Sheep have a very short lactation period compared to other larger ungulates (cows) and dairy goats that have been selectively bread for excess lactation for hundreds of years. There are a few dairy-sheep breeds that have a small following/development history in Europe, but they still suffer from short lactation periods and generally low milk volume (though they do have exceptionally high fat and solids content making sheep milk a highly efficient raw material for cheese and yoghurt production), meaning most sheep dairys must suplement their sheep products with cow or, or sometimes goat for 6 months or more a year. If you can produce a value-added product (usually cheese) in-house then sheep dairy can be profitable, but even then it requires careful management and high selling prices of finished product.
Dairy sheep tend to have poor quality, course wool that is nearly valueless (in some places shearing from dairy sheep is literally just thrown away) and don’t produce good quality or quantity of meat (have you ever noticed how bone-y dairy cattle are? It’s a metabolic side effect of putting so much energy into milk production), and lambs require fairly intense care (compared to goats and cows) to survive without their mother’s milk, making heard maintenance and growth resource-intensive, and/or expensive....
Yeah, total non-sequiter.
/Having a Monday.
/Don’t want to be at work.
/I Like sheep. Sheep are neat.
/Thinks shepherding full time looks better every day.
for Michigan
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
09/26/2016 at 14:24 |
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Damn. I wasn’t expecting an econ lesson.
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Nibby
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
09/26/2016 at 14:33 |
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Good to know... and sheep meat is delicious
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JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> Nibby
09/26/2016 at 14:36 |
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yes, yes it is ;)
The GF’s Brilliant Idea is to open a sheep-only petting zoo, with the derigour quarter-powered food dispensing machines... have the kids and parents *PAY* to feed the sheep nothing but fattening sweet-feed and alfalfa pellets, then shut down in the fall when the fat little petting zoo occupants head off to meet their maker... in the spring: New Lambs!
(we already raise sheep for combination meat and wool)