Concord Hill Icelandics Making Money with Icelandic Sheep

Although many business ventures
available today have the potential for
profits, Icelandic sheep have versatility
and MANY marketable, quality
products. Families seeking
involvement with their children in a
small business adventure might
consider Icelandic sheep just what
they're looking for. Many adults can
picture their family working together
on a farm. Here is a sampling of a few
possible business opportunities centered
around Icelandic sheep:

Meat: Gourmet taste. Winner of
international taste tests. Mild flavor
without the strong muttony flavor
many people dislike in other breeds of
sheep.

Milk: Sheep milk is becoming quite
popular as people are realizing its value
in making a   variety of cheeses in the
USA. Although still a new thing and
difficult to find, co-ops are being
formed at this time to accept sheep milk.
Sheep milk, unlike cow's milk, can be
frozen and stored for shipment to a
creamery. Sheep milk    prices are
much higher than cow's milk per
pound. Icelandic sheep milk is
naturally sweet, needing no added
sweetener to make desert quality
products.
Cheese: Certain cheeses can only be
made with sheep milk.

Fleece: Raw, unwashed or processed at a
mill, Icelandic sheep fleeces are one of
the most valuable on the market. The
length of an Icelandic's hair make it
wonderful to work with for a large
variety of products.

Fleece Products: There is a large range
of products which come from the
Icelandic's fleece. It can be spun into
luscious yarns (dyed or naturally
colored), used to make warm quilt
batts, processed into rovings, and felters
love it when making their creations.
This is not mentioning all the uses
knitters and those who crochet have for
Icelandic wool! Crafters truly can use
the Icelandic fleece when making a
multitude of treasures as it is so
adaptable.

Horns and Skulls: Crafters and button
makers, as well as collectors purchase
Icelandic sheep horns and skulls at
premium prices leaving very little of the
Icelandic sheep to be wasted.

Pelts: Icelandic sheep pelts are some of
the softest, most irresistible on the
market. People can hardly keep their
hands off them at shows due to their
unbelievable softness! They are sold for
nice profits.

Soaps and Lotions: Icelandic sheep are
gaining notice for the large amounts of
milk a ewe will produce. Sheep milk
soap is a good selling product at craft
fairs, and on the Internet due to its skin
benefiting qualities.

Breeding Stock: Icelandic sheep are
such fantastic animals with so many
marketable qualities that they are well
worth the investment. As they gain in
popularity, they should continue to be a
worth-while thing to invest in and own.

All Icelandic sheep products are superior
quality, and have great profit potential
for the small and large farm. They
encourage family unity, while being a
workable size for women and children
to deal with. I have listed only a brief
explanation of what is available
dealing with Icelandic sheep.