What age does a sheep start to properly grow its wool ?
2006-10-19 06:49:12 · 8 answers · asked by super_dom_1 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Sheep have a full fleece the first winter after the spring that thry are born. that fleece isn't clipped until the following summer, about June time. So a lamb born in March this year will be about 15 or 16 months old.
2006-10-19 06:59:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they already have some wool when they are born but the thick stuff starts to grow at the end of july lol
2006-10-19 14:00:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the start of its first winter, though it will already have some wool from birth.
2006-10-19 14:05:48 · answer #3 · answered by debzc 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was talking too a sheep today he had a just had a perm done.
2006-10-19 14:11:22 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm . . . didn't realize they grew it improperly.
On Saturday, October 7th we sheared a lamb born this spring. His hair was soft, fine and perfect. It will be carded and spun this winter.
2006-10-19 13:51:21 · answer #5 · answered by PJinLA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
born in the spring ..gets its fleece the following winter
2006-10-19 13:51:19 · answer #6 · answered by michael b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think as soon as it's born, it can be quite chilly up on those hills.
2006-10-19 13:50:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh right i thought you were maybe going to ask when they were ready for you to have it off with them. sorry
2006-10-19 13:52:29 · answer #8 · answered by Troubled Joe(the ghost of) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋