Rockin The Reds Ranch
Calhan, CO
© 2018 Rockin the Reds Ranch and/or circleofdreamers.com
Sheep
California Red Sheep
California Red Sheep are multi-purpose medium size sheep, producing meat, wool and milk. Their meat is tender and tasty with no chalky after-taste that characterizes some other breeds. The wool has soft red hairs in a medium-fine oatmeal colored wool. It spins easily and is an superb wool for beginning spinners to start with. When dyed the red hairs dye darker than the wool thus producing a beautiful heather yarn. While not producing the quantity of milk that traditional dairy sheep breeds produce, the California Red Sheep are excellent for home milking with a milk extremely high in butterfat (which makes to-die-for ice cream and cheese) and their production stays steady up to 270 days post lambing.
Rockin The Reds Ranch
Calhan, CO
© 2018 Rockin the Reds Ranch and/or circleofdreamers.com
Sheep
California Red Sheep
California Red Sheep are multi-purpose medium size sheep, producing meat, wool and milk. Their meat is tender and tasty with no chalky after-taste that characterizes some other breeds. The wool has soft red hairs in a medium-fine oatmeal colored wool. It spins easily and is an superb wool for beginning spinners to start with. When dyed the red hairs dye darker than the wool thus producing a beautiful heather yarn. While not producing the quantity of milk that traditional dairy sheep breeds produce, the California Red Sheep are excellent for home milking with a milk extremely high in butterfat (which makes to-die-for ice cream and cheese) and their production stays steady up to 270 days post lambing.
