Events – VA Sheep Producers

Virginia Sheep Producers Association Events

Sales & Educational Events

Virginia Tech Southwest AREC Forage Based Ram Test

Montpelier Fall Fiber Festival

October 7 & 8, 2023
Clarke Across from James Madison’s Montpelier
11395 Constitution Highway
Montpelier Station, VA 22957
https://fallfiberfestival.org/

Advanced Shearing School

Advanced Shearing School, Friday – Sunday, Oct 13 – 15, 2023
Dublin, VA
Contact: Tom Stanley 540-588-0241 voice/text or stanleyt@vt.edu

Instructor: Doug Rathke
Shearer needs to know the shearing pattern and be able to shear at least 30 in a day.
Tuition: $150, includes lunches.

Shearers will be shearing 300 Rambouillet Ewes at the Cullip Farm in Dublin, VA; I-81 exit 98

This is a unique opportunity on the East Coast to gain instruction from one of the top shearers in the United States while shearing fine-wool sheep.

Class Size is Limited to 12 Shearers

VA-NC Shepherds Symposium

Recording & Proceedings from 2023 and prior Symposiums

Symposium Link

Virginia Sheep Producers Association – 366 Litton Reaves Hall – Virginia Tech – Blacksburg, VA 24061
virginiasheepproducers@gmail.com
Phone: 540.231.9159
Fax: 540.231.3713

Lambing Due-Date Calculator:
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Gestation in sheep varies from 142 to 152 days with the average being 147 days. Just like people, individual pregnancies can vary, gestation periods of 138 to 159 days are not unheard of. Ewes carrying multiple lambs tend to have shorter gestations while male lambs (and heavy birth weight lambs) are usually carried for longer than female lambs. The form above calculates the lambing date based on a 147 day gestation period.

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