Author Topic: Outlet for your rare breed fleeces ? (Read 7047 times)

colliewoman · « **Reply #15 on:** April 07, 2012, 12:06:23 pm »

Oh someone on here was narking at the sizes of someone elses rabbit runs or summat. I assumed in my ocd paranoid sleep deprived state that it was a personal dig at me (even thought I wasn't involved on said thread I don't think).
It was in answer to you question as to why peeps are defensive at the moment. I think most will be running on auto pilot and are absolutely knackered cos of lambing/ farrowing (every day a school day!) etc. I know it makes me defensive and the rest of the forum have far more to do than me, how they cope is a miracle!

SteveHants · « **Reply #16 on:** April 07, 2012, 08:04:34 pm »

I find the comment about leaving fleeces from shedding sheep all over the place kind of odd.

Thats what happens with shedding sheep. Doesn't do anything any harm to have shed fleece about the place.

tizaala · « **Reply #17 on:** April 07, 2012, 08:35:25 pm »

OK Steve, so the fleece is left on the grass which then gets made into hay , haylage, silage and it is then fed to your animals , goats, horses , cows etc, the wool then gathers in the animal's stomach causing a blockage, needing an opperation , which it might or might not survive but you will certainly have to pay for......Starting to get the picture ?

I'm begining to wish I'd never posted about the outlet for your fleeces, I thought i was doing some people a favour and all i'm getting is flack. sod it, this is market place not a debating forum.

SteveHants · « **Reply #18 on:** April 07, 2012, 09:29:27 pm »

Quote from: tizaala on April 07, 2012, 08:35:25 pm

OK Steve, so the fleece is left on the grass which then gets made into hay , haylage, silage and it is then fed to your animals , goats, horses , cows etc, the wool then gathers in the animal's stomach causing a blockage, needing an opperation , which it might or might not survive but you will certainly have to pay for......Starting to get the picture ?

I'm begining to wish I'd never posted about the outlet for your fleeces, I thought i was doing some people a favour and all i'm getting is flack. sod it, this is market place not a debating forum.

If that actually happened, I doubt anyone would keep any of the shedding breeds. It rots/gets picked up by birds etc. Its wool not nylon.

jaykay · « **Reply #19 on:** April 07, 2012, 09:32:55 pm »

Tizaala, it was useful and I'm going to apologise here because maybe I started the problem wondering outloud about the organic side of fleeces and what such folk did to treat flies. I was actually interested because I'm about to need to treat my Shetlands whose fleeces I want to spin, but it was probably that that started all the woffle......

tizaala · « **Reply #20 on:** April 08, 2012, 08:12:06 am »

Steve , I know at least two people with horses that have ended up with huge vet bills because of this . I have to examine the haylage bought in for my arabs very closely after finding lumps of wool in the first bale that we opened. I does rot , but not quickly , It tends to ball up in a soggy lump just waiting for the unwary. And this is a problem that will get worse as farmers go over to easycare sheep driven by cost of sheering and the price they get for wool, economics. So, doubt away , I know it happens.

No problem Jaykay, you weren't to know that particular scab was not ready for picking.