r/nextfuckinglevel • u/g_ricko89 • Nov 13 '21

Shepherd dog's focus and resilience.

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u/micahamey Nov 13 '21

Theft mostly. They are highly sought after. Like to the point where when a young man stole 4 lambs to replace his own that had died to complications, he ended up facing almost 6 years in prison. I don't remember the outcome off hand.

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u/wolfgang784 Nov 13 '21

Is the stock kept artificially low? Couldn't a farmer just breed the hell out of them rather than butchering them? Or is there a legit reason they haven't replaced standard sheep more?

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u/no_cal_woolgrower Nov 13 '21

Might be the case elsewhere but here in the US they are not rare nor expensive

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u/no_cal_woolgrower Nov 13 '21

No..not even close so not an " average". Where are you looking? I have many friends with Texels and ill tell you they didnt pay 300,000..heres a cl ad for a 500.00 ram. https://klamath.craigslist.org/grd/d/fort-klamath-ram/7405739155.html

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u/andychrist77 Nov 13 '21

Yeah we paid 1,400 for our pig so that doesn’t seem expensive. Maybe because we don’t have a big market for texel meat here