Keeping Sheep - what breed

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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2010, 13:51 »
the ones round here could get out of Alcatraz with their hooves tied together.

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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2010, 17:19 »
If they're going to be hillside sheep as Joy says, make sure you go for the breed with legs shorter on one side than the other, so they don't fall over  ;)

Now come on Yorkie, that's Haggis you're thinking of!  :D ;)
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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #17 on: September 08, 2010, 23:21 »
or bagpipes???   :D :D

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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2010, 00:31 »
I still think pigs would be a much better choice.

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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #19 on: September 09, 2010, 00:40 »
I still think pigs would be a much better choice.
So do I!
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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2010, 01:49 »
I still think pigs would be a much better choice.
So do I!
That's only because you watched countryfile with them milking sheep and that chap talking about cleaning up their back ends  :tongue2:
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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #21 on: September 09, 2010, 12:07 »
What are you going to do with the fleeces?  I understand that it can cost more to shear a sheep than the wool is worth...

Gillie

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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #22 on: September 09, 2010, 12:35 »
I'm sure John would be happy to take up hairdressing  ;) :lol:
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #23 on: September 09, 2010, 12:44 »
What are you going to do with the fleeces?  I understand that it can cost more to shear a sheep than the wool is worth...

Gillie

We've a lot to learn .. but maybe Val can take up spinning and knitting again in her spare time after milking, cleaning out the pig sty and making me breakfast

Seriously, I don't know.

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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #24 on: September 09, 2010, 12:45 »
If they're going to be hillside sheep as Joy says, make sure you go for the breed with legs shorter on one side than the other, so they don't fall over  ;)

Now come on Yorkie, that's Haggis you're thinking of!  :D ;)

Nooooo!  this is the northwest.  They are hazlet in Lancashire!

my brother worked for a butcher as a saturday job in his teens and they tried so hard to convince him ... :nowink:
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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #25 on: September 09, 2010, 12:50 »
On topic - have you thought about alpacas?  They are bred for poorer grazing ...  oh but I bet you have got bracken.  Scratch that.  Goats?  Milk, meat and bright with it.  Escape artists though.

Or how about some dexter cattle?  The small black ones?  Less suicidal than sheep and tough little beasts.  Or spana could put you right with some highlands - now they would like your land.

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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2010, 12:57 »
dexters are very tasty too - Grannie and I share one  :D

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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #27 on: September 09, 2010, 13:18 »
What a lot of ideas! We're trying to look at animals that won't take up too much time - don't forget we've got a 'day job' as well - so milking goats or cows seems like a bit much for starters.


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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #28 on: September 09, 2010, 14:17 »
Hmmmm, have you thought of the time taken up in the lambing season? Presumably you wouldn't have many anyway, but they do need keeping an eye on for various rots and fly-strike, worming and foot care, and fences need to be checked and mended all the time.

I read somewhere that someone has bred a sheep that doesn't need shearing, and produces decent meat. Sounds interesting. :)

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Re: Keeping Sheep - what breed
« Reply #29 on: September 09, 2010, 15:16 »
Also ... this day job idea?   :unsure: I assume that is in addition to running the new, enlarged, supadupa Welsh branch of Cara's Sanctuary for Anything Furry, Feathered or Impossibly Cute?  ???

 :D :D

You could just wait and see what life (or Kate or Cara or ....) lands you with!



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