[Jacob-list] lifespan

[Linda]

Just curious - how many of you keep Jacobs until they die of natural causes?  I'm not really in a position to do that as a general procedure.  Craft's Ruby's Belle is going to die of old age here (hopefully she'll last as long as Cathy's Yakob-Tson Lady Jane, who I believe is 22 this year?).  But, I don't have the resources for an old sheep home unless I want to quit breeding (which I don't).  

What do you do with your aged sheep? 

Linda
 
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn



> Hi all-

>

> I've seen lots of discussion on the maximum life span of Jacobs,

> but I don't remember seeing anything on the average life span.  For

> those Jacobs that make it to adulthood, what would you say is the 

> AVERAGE life span of your Jacob sheep that die of natural causes?

>

> -Dan


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