Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Smallhold Farming and Rural Living => Livestock and Growing on a larger scale => Topic started by: Kate and her Ducks on November 10, 2012, 17:28
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Well i am very excited but we will hopefully be getting our little flock of sheep in the next couple of weeks!
5 ewes and a yearling ram for our new field which will be wonderful.
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oh brilliant - please post photos when you do get them. I have always wanted sheep :)
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Looking forward to seeing the piccies
Will you do your own shearing, Kate?
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Definitely looking forward to pictures. :)
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Probably not the first year! Might get someone round to show me how and see how I go from there.
Might get the person who did my OHs last haircut as he looked pretty much like he had been shorn!!!
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My sheep are arriving on Friday!
So excited I need holding down to stop bouncing out the room!!! :D
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photos photos photos :D
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(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm5/katemerriman/IMG_0102.jpg)
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Lucky you! :D
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Mr Sunny's comment -- that's some serious space that girl has there :wacko:
and then the sheep caught his eye :ohmy: :lol: :lol:
They are fandabbydozy, Kate, and look very settled in already :D :D :D
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They look determined to eat their way through that grass don't they. :D congratulations.
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Yes, they were very glad to see grass after their journey!
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Congrats Kate :) I too would like sheep in the future. How is the temperment of the ram? A farmer near me puts its head in a bucket and grabs a horn as a way of controlling him. This is all done before the owner steps foot into the field. Either way those horns look pretty menacing and would scare the life out of me.
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He's only a yearling and is currently a bit henpecked by the girls although I'm sure that will end when they come into season.
He's pretty timid with me and what you can't see in the pic is that they are really quite a small breed. That being said I would always be wary of a ram. Even the little ones can be feisty!
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WOW, congratulations Kate.
What breed are they?
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They're Castlemilk Moorits.
A primative breed with a reputation for hardiness, good feet, easy lambing, good wool and good meat. :D
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Bet you have been dreaming of your first roast already. :lol:
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Think you might have to change your username Kate ...
How do you fancy 'Kate and her Zoo'? ;) ::) :D
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Yes, Kate and her ducks and geese and bees and sheep and cats is a bit of a mouthful!
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Kates' smallholding ;)
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That's the dream but each step at a time. :D
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They are beautiful. No wonder you are excited.
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If they are a primitive breed, how do they shear?
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They have a rather short staple length so a little more challenging to shear (apparently, we get someone in). Catching them is the main problem!