I'm trying to help my mother break into raising sheep. We have just about everything we need... except the sheep!
I've been looking since Spring last year but it seems the folks that have the kind of sheep she wants to raise aren't really selling any ewe lambs and the breeders that are selling are selling the kind of sheep we aren't looking for, which are dairy sheep.
I've done the reading and even had classes and assisted with sheep before. I know dairy sheep can be raised just fine in my area. Unfortunately the main sheep breeds that are being sold are meat sheep.
We aren't looking to make money or start a business. This is more to have dairy sheep for our own personal use.
We've tried reaching out to local breeders, our feed stores, looking through craigslist, Google and the handful of dairy ranchers I can find don't seem to have contact info. At this point I'm kind of at a loss of how to go about finding what we're looking for. I'm at the point of considering going to auction houses but I've never had good experence with getting animals from an auction.
Would anyone have any suggestions or know of any breeders around Killeen, Austin, Houston or the San Antonio areas?
