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A collection of articles in various forms of media that mention the Tunis Breed. 

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News Alert for: Tunis sheep

FFA Proficiency Awarded to Tunis Breeder - Jacci Erwin

The Country Today article about James and Lisa Twomey's Tunis flock.

Indiana State Fair Story about Tunis show.


Web Video Alert for: Tunis sheep

Goats Sheep Surfing

My Nigerian Dwarf kid goat surfs on the back of my American Tunis sheep as the lamb stands by watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIkJgH6uN_c


Blogs Alert for: Tunis sheep

Tunis Sheep-chit chat with ewe!
By DebbieCalif
These are our sheep, they are called Tunis sheep. They were brought over by Thomas Jefferson. You can't exactly tell since they are eating but they have a dark reddish brown face and legs. They are great sheep and not as difficult to ...
Ribbonwood Cottage - http://ribbonwoodcottage.blogspot.com/

Spring: the time for fresh fleece
By Deb
I'm always surprised to remember that Tunis have been in the US since 1799. Rambouillets, which are the French branch of the Merino family, started up with some sheep sent to France from Spain in 1786 (when the Spanish finally let some ...
The Independent Stitch - http://independentstitch.typepad.com/the_independent_stitch/

Do Not Spray Hot Sheep With Water
By stonybrookfarm
The rest were in the shade, but were not panting as badly as they have been. Perhaps they just needed an adjustment period to get used to the heat. The Tunis feeder lambs seem totally unfazed by the heat.
Pasture-Raised and Grass-Fed... - http://stonybrookfarm.wordpress.com

Some pics from the weekend.
By The WoolWytch(The WoolWytch)
We picked up all told 4# of Southdown, and 6.5# of Tunis - both good for teaching a new spinner in my opinion. We held back a half pound of the Tunis so sunshyn689 could learn the whole process from start to finish. ...
The WoolWytch - http://woolwytch.blogspot.com/

Willow's Rest

By Julie 
The sheep are funny about Maia. When she was on her tie out, they would all go hang right with her, and one of the tunis ewes would stand pretty much right against her. But when she's off the tie out, they feel a need to move away from ...

 

Albemarle Farmer

By Mark Tueting

Bonnie, Cleo (white Charlais cow) with her heifer calf Mel, Connie (black heifer behind bonnie), our Tunis ram George, and one of our laying hens. George was with the cows because Tunis sheep are fertile year round and we only want ...

 

Pink Lemon Twist
By Melanie 
Tunis is a meat breed so the fleeces are not necessarily a consistent type from sheep to sheep. This was a really great diameter control exercise that Judith had us do and quite frankly, if this had been all she taught us, it would have ... Read more...
Sittin' n Spinnin' - NTSRI member, Becky Pennington's blog

Unicorner Farm - NTSRI member, Debbi Brown's farm blog



 

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