| 1/27/2008 | Oogie McGuire Secretary, American Black Welsh Mountain Sheep Association |
Breeding with a Plan (1.5 hours) OR listen in smaller chunks Part 1 (13 min.) Part 2 (13 min.) Part 3 (24 min.)Part 4 (21 min.) Part 5 (20 min.) Good discussion of breeding strategies for rare sheep breeds and how to quantify selection criteria. Click the links below to download handouts |
| 6/25/2007 | Don Schrider and Phil Sponenberg, ALBC |
Found Flocks and Percentage Breeding (60 min.) OR listen in smaller chunks Part 1 (22 min.) Part 2 (18 min.) Part 3 (18 min.)Strategies for managing and conserving the genetics of a "found
flock." |
| 11/16/2006 | Dr. James Morgan, Fayetteville, AK. data coordinator for the Katahdin NSIP Breeder's Group, NSIP Board President, a contributing editor to The Shepherd magazine, and a registered Katahdin breeder | Data Collection for Measuring Specific Breed Traits in BB Performance Traits (1.5 hours) OR listen in smaller chunks Part 1 (29 min.) Part 2 (29 min.) Part 3 (30 min.) Collecting data on Barbados Blackbelly sheep--what kind, how much,
and what the heck to do with it Click the links below to download handouts |
| 4/25/2005 | Don Schrider, ALBC |
Genetic Conservation of Barbados Blackbelly Sheep Don answers the following questions and more: What is the best way to grow a flock from only one or two rams? Part 4 (21 min.) Part 5 (51 min.) |