[Jacob-list] Starting off

[Mark Essen]

You may get many responses to the mixing of animals.  I just returned from the barnyard where I have Emus, young cattle, young yak, pyrenees dogs, llama geldings, pygmy goats, Jacobs sheep, pot-bellied pigs, red deer, fallow deer, and young elk.  All eating out of the same feeders.  You have to know your animals, and the special needs they need at special times.  At any given point in time, you may find any of these animals separated.  
I find that mixing animals also help protect from predators.
Mark Essen
Famous Acres
6701 County Road 353
Fulton, Mo.  65251
(573)642-0350
messen at socket.net
Jacobs 4-Horn Sheep, Pygmy Goats, Pyrenees, Peafowl, Highland Cattle, Yak, Emu, Wallabies, Patagonian Cavies, Eland, and Fallow Deer all living together in the Kingdom of Callaway
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: TGI: Alex Jimenez 
  To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:50 PM
  Subject: [Jacob-list] Starting off


  Bear with me as I am very new to this. My wife and I purchased a small farm in Fall Creek Oregon about two years ago and we just purchased some Jacob sheep (actually I'm the one that wanted Jacob sheep, my wife wanted regular sheep, I find regular sheep to be too stupid, in fact they get my vote for dumbest animal on the planet. Jacob sheep on the other hand looked like bright, relatively intelligent animals). We are currently raising a small (6 head) herd of cattle and one cashmere nanny goat (my wife's pet). Can Jacobs' be mixed with these animals or will we have to put them in a separate pasture? We currently have two a rams and three ewes. At this time they are all in separate pastures with the rams being kept separate from the ewes. Do Jacobs need a larger flock? When would be a good time to put the rams and ewes together. 

  As you can tell by my questions, I'm somewhat new to this (my wife is a Minnesota farm girl, I'm a New York City street boy. I feel like I'm on Green Acres and unfortunately in the Eva Gabor role!), we've had some success with the cattle and feel we're now ready for sheep, and as I said before Jacob sheep just looked smarter than the regular sheep I see at the auctions. Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated. 

  alexj at tesseractiongames.com




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