Teddy......you ask......"Is there any money to be made with sheep?"......only iff'n you break into the specialty markets. Wool to hand spinners, LAMB to ethnic markets. And intensive graze on GRASS. Iff'n you start feeding EXPENSIVE grain, there goes yer profit.
Remember, sheep are fall seasonal breeders. (think deer and elk) Some shepherds breed for early (jan-feb) lambing to sell to the Easter Market $$$ Others breed late to have fresh pasture grass (cheap feed) and sell 100lb lambs in the fall. Some ethnic markets prefer their ramlambs (called whethers with no plumbing) with all the plumbing so they can celebrate the birth of a BOY.
A economic study was made on raising sheep. It took about 400-ewes to maximize the profits of 1-sheepherder with herding dogs and guard dogs who did his OWN sheering. The USDA thinks you can raise 5-sheep for 1-cow. How many acres does it take to raise a cow?? Now you know how many acres of pasture you need$$$
And you need about 25-ewes for a ram to pleasure once a year. And would it surprize you to learn rams will "argue" about whose turn it is??? And even more surprizing is some rams prefer other rams 'stedda' ewes. (really) .......Dell, head shepherd RockyRidge SheepStation
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