Wool, what is good for

[moogles]

I known nothing of sheep/alpacas....but I DO know Filson. I am completely FLOORED people are giving this away. Wool clothing is stupid expensive. Where's the disconnect?

I was wondering the same thing. Does it possibly have something to do with breed / quality that makes it less desirable for clothing?

Edit: ah I just read Billy Goat's post. Makes sense

 

[boonez40]

You can probably thank China and their child labor law.

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[boonez40]

That's funny.

Market is crazy right now.

I know a rancher who use to say I own cattle for the prestige, I have sheep to pay the bills.


I know some people make archery targets with it. I sell it, depends on the quality of the fleece, but it normally pays the shearing tab.

Where can a guy find target bags to fill with sheep wool ?

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[Billy Goat]

Where can a guy find target bags to fill with sheep wool ?

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Feed sacks will work. Several burlap bags, need to keep it dry.

 

[boonez40]

Feed sacks will work. Several burlap bags, need to keep it dry.

Gotcha

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[z987k]

What are they raising sheep for if not the wool? Sheep meat doesn’t seem especially popular either.

I'd eat lamb every day if I could afford to. It's 2x+ the price of beef.

 

[moogles]

I'd eat lamb every day if I could afford to. It's 2x+ the price of beef.

I would as well. Look up sishliki / sishlik if you aren't aleady familiar with it. It's a Ukrainian / Russian (oh boy) method of a simple marinade with onions, salt, pepper. Other people add various citrus juices, spices, etc but I personally think it takes away from the lamb flavor.

Salt and pepper the meat, then alternate meat and onion in a bucket. Put a plate on top with a weight. Marinade for a week, then BBQ or over coals on a grill.

 

[z987k]

I would as well. Look up sishliki / sishlik if you aren't aleady familiar with it. It's a Ukrainian / Russian (oh boy) method of a simple marinade with onions, salt, pepper. Other people add various citrus juices, spices, etc but I personally think it takes away from the lamb flavor.

Salt and pepper the meat, then alternate meat and onion in a bucket. Put a plate on top with a weight. Marinade for a week, then BBQ or over coals on a grill.

Nothing beats a frenched rack. Salt, pepper, rosemary. Grilled hot, or oven, to medium rare and no further.

 

[moogles]

Nothing beats a frenched rack. Salt, pepper, rosemary. Grilled hot, or oven, to medium rare and no further.

The only other way I've tried lamb is frenched chops with mint at my cousins Italian restaurant. It was ok, I'm not too sure if I liked the mint, but it would probably grow on me though.

I picked up a leg for $90 CAD - this is getting crazy. When a piece of meat is that price I want to make sure I find a good recipe / cooking method.

 

[Billy Goat]

The only other way I've tried lamb is frenched chops with mint at my cousins Italian restaurant. It was ok, I'm not too sure if I liked the mint, but it would probably grow on me though.

I picked up a leg for $90 CAD - this is getting crazy. When a piece of meat is that price I want to make sure I find a good recipe / cooking method.

Need to cook the whole lamb. The ethnic market cooks them like we do a turkey. I know guys who have gotten $5/# for 50# lambs last couple of weeks.

That's kinda like a $250 for Thanksgiving, except that's stock sale price, don't know what it actually is in the butcher shop.

 

[z987k]

The only other way I've tried lamb is frenched chops with mint at my cousins Italian restaurant. It was ok, I'm not too sure if I liked the mint, but it would probably grow on me though.

I picked up a leg for $90 CAD - this is getting crazy. When a piece of meat is that price I want to make sure I find a good recipe / cooking method.

Lamb legs roasts are amazing as well. I don't get the mint thing at all. It feels like some 60's anachronism like jello salad when people apparently didn't like good food.

On the leg, go to medium or medium rare next to the bone, which will make the outer parts well. That's fine, there should be enough fat on it to support that. If it's boneless, just go medium rare. For me lamb is the perfect thing to go with rosemary. I'll take some salt, pepper, garlic and rosemary, mix that with a little bit of olive oil and rub it all over, then roast in the oven at 325 initially, until you're about 15-20F from being done(using a meat thermometer), and then throwing the broiler on it for the last 5-10 degrees, resting it for the final 5-10F. You want to get the outside, especially the fat nice and browned while not going anything past medium.

I haven't bought one in a good while. We have a farmer up here that raises them and last time it was $250usd for the whole lamb, but that was them giving you a whole, just slaughtered lamb. I just went and looked and they are up to $370 now.
Still cheaper than the gasoline for a sheep hunt.

 

[z987k]

Need to cook the whole lamb. The ethnic market cooks them like we do a turkey. I know guys who have gotten $5/# for 50# lambs last couple of weeks.

That's kinda like a $250 for Thanksgiving, except that's stock sale price, don't know what it actually is in the butcher shop.

I had some goat done on an ourdoor fire and roticery in Mexico one year while riding down there. We had stopped for fuel and saw/smelled the most amazing thing and they were selling/serving it by the kilo, they'd just go slice a chunk off. It was fantastic.

 

[UpSideDown]

Can an individual use this kind of wool? If people are tossing graded wool and there's some use for it I wouldn't be surprised if some of that Babushka's at church were interested haha!

 

[DuckDogDr]

We have alpacas, and when they get sheared we can’t give it away either.

Man you guys aren’t marketing that stuff right. That is the trend down here … select group of people but they paying premium.

When I was on my senior rotation in vet school, my buddy’s wife was on food animal internal medicine and she had some high dollar wool bearer alpaca in acute kidney failure she was treating.

The clinician took care of her , hinted to the owner my buddy’s wife was learning to knit and she spent a lot of time working on that case.. at discharge owner gave gave her some processed wool

For Christmas that year everyone that hunted with my buddy got hand made alpaca Tobaggans to hunt with from her.. I still have it packed up.

One of my favorite gifts for sure

 

[Wellsdw]

Man you guys aren’t marketing that stuff right. That is the trend down here … select group of people but they paying premium.

When I was on my senior rotation in vet school, my buddy’s wife was on food animal internal medicine and she had some high dollar wool bearer alpaca in acute kidney failure she was treating.

The clinician took care of her , hinted to the owner my buddy’s wife was learning to knit and she spent a lot of time working on that case.. at discharge owner gave gave her some processed wool

For Christmas that year everyone that hunted with my buddy got hand made alpaca Tobaggans to hunt with from her.. I still have it packed up.

One of my favorite gifts for sure

Now their poop… that’s hot around here. Pays for feed. Fiber is incredible but getting in processed is more than buying it

 

[Billy Goat]

Now their poop… that’s hot around here. Pays for feed. Fiber is incredible but getting in processed is more than buying it

You know they poop in the same spot?

I had heard about people seling it, didn't really get it. Turns out they make a mound, they come back and constantly chit in the same spot.

Thinking about it, if you know that it pays for feed, you probably already know that.

 

[Wellsdw]

You know they poop in the same spot?

I had heard about people seling it, didn't really get it. Turns out they make a mound, they come back and constantly chit in the same spot.

Thinking about it, if you know that it pays for feed, you probably already know that.

They are easy to clean up for sure. We have a lady that does honey over a wildflower field who buys it. Issues with alpacas I have are single crias, long weaning and long gestation so breeding is not profitable. 40$ to shear annually (not a big deal), parasites, and zero survivability instinct. That said
They are fun. As far as profits go, make more money breeding the Great Pyrenees that has to protect them.

 

[Billy Goat]

They are easy to clean up for sure. We have a lady that does honey over a wildflower field who buys it. Issues with alpacas I have are single crias, long weaning and long gestation so breeding is not profitable. 40$ to shear annually (not a big deal), parasites, and zero survivability instinct. That said
They are fun. As far as profits go, make more money breeding the Great Pyrenees that has to protect them.

I don't know hardly anything about Alpacas, Lamas I have experience with.

Didn't have too much problem with parasites or their survival. They were really hard headed tho, several times it was a very good thing I didn't have a gun on me. Especially the time I got spit on.

 

[doc holiday13]

The quality.
......

Just like you don't use Angus for milk cows. ...

Angus is good for top dollar at market LOL

I met someone that had a Jersey/Angus cross and that cow made a TON of milk. They were feeding the extra to their pigs and I didn't ask if they tried drinking it or not

 

[Billy Goat]

Angus is good for top dollar at market LOL

I met someone that had a Jersey/Angus cross and that cow made a TON of milk. They were feeding the extra to their pigs and I didn't ask if they tried drinking it or not

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