Wool, what is good for

[boonez40]

Friend of mine owns a Sheep farm and asked me yesterday if I wanted the wool from their sheep when they shear them. Apparently there is no money in wool and they just throw it away.

I have racked my head of what in the world would I do with it, maybe shove it in the walls of the chicken coop for insulation?

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[MTPipeliner]

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

 

[boonez40]

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

Yep, they raise them for meat

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[FLATHEAD]

If you could find a place to process it in to yarn and then
find some Granny Knitting club,,,,I'm thinking beanies,
gloves, vests, etc.....
I have no experience with this, just a guess.

 

[Wellsdw]

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

 

[BigNate]

It makes good archery bags if packed tight enough.

 

[roadrunner]

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

Depends on where the meat is sold...

FYI, lamb is sheep. And, a lamb is a lot more than what Mary had.

 

[go_deep]

I have wool in my attic for insulation, even has a piece of paper with the quality of the wool and the ranch it came from. I added new blow in on top of it though, seemed to be lacking R value after 30ish years.

 

[mcr-85]

Bag it up and sell it to trappers. It works great for holding bait or lure and has eye appeal for coyotes foxes and bobcats.

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[boonez40]

Bag it up and sell it to trappers. It works great for holding bait or lure and has eye appeal for coyotes foxes and bobcats.

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Interesting thought

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[Billy Goat]

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

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.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

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?

 

[Btaylor]

Makes pretty good string puffs for a bow.

 

[JeffP_Or]

Heard the same thing; another employee here has alpacas - bails and bails of the stuff, graded and everything. Can't find a market.

 

[hawkman71]

If you could find a place to process it in to yarn and then
find some Granny Knitting club,,,,I'm thinking beanies,
gloves, vests, etc.....
I have no experience with this, just a guess.

SOCKS!!!! My Oma (grandmother) in the Nethlerlands used to send us pairs. Thick, gray, wool socks were the absolute best. I still have a bunch of them and need to find a knitter that can fix them up for me!.

 

[Billy Goat]

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?

The quality.

Filson uses wool that probably less than 1% of the sheep in this country produce.


Just like you don't use Angus for milk cows. It's breed specific to the quality of the wool produced, and those wool breeds generally don't produce much of a carcass. Meat production is the sheep industry in the States.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

Copy. Thanks

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Put a moisture barrier over it and it’s good insulation for animal pens.

 

[rayporter]

my nest door neighbor has a few sheep and has the same troubles. the meat is contracted for a year in advance, however, by locals of middle eastern decent.

 

[MTPipeliner]

Guess I’ve been living under a rock, I didn’t realize that wool wasn’t a primary reason for all sheep ranching. I assumed that it was primarily wool with meat being the secondary product.