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Community => Events => Topic started by: CrookedJock on October 01, 2012, 09:44:25 am
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:sheep:Looking forward to the York AuctionMart Show and Sale this weekend (Friday 5th Show & Saturday 6th Sale). Hopefully find a Hebridean Shearling Tup and a few more Hebridean Gimmers to vary my stock.
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I heard there are only two Heb tups in, although I haven't seen the catalogue yet. Wishing now we had put one of our tup lambs in :sheep:
(modified - there are more than that, see below)
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There's not the greatest entry for a few things, Dad was hoping to buy some coloured Ryelands and there are hardly any either.
I'm selling a lovely Shetland tup and a couple of gimmer lambs and hoping to buy some shearling gimmers or lambs.
I'm a bit sick I can't enter my tup into the show on Friday cos I think he'd do well, and then probably sell for more - but I have to be at work :P Don't they know lots of smallholders who keep rare breeds have to do jobs to keep their animals in feed, wish they managed it all on Sat like they do at Carlisle.
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herewith catalogue
http://www.ylc.co.uk/uploads/files/sales/rare-breed-catalogue-1348580074.pdf (http://www.ylc.co.uk/uploads/files/sales/rare-breed-catalogue-1348580074.pdf)
Had a look at the pigs and theres some micro pigs listed!
Mandy :pig:
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I heard there are only two Heb tups in, although I haven't seen the catalogue yet. Wishing now we had put one of our tup lambs in :sheep:
Ah now I've worked out who and where you are from your intro CrookedJock :wave: :wave: I realise my tup lambs would not be suitable for you ;D
Still wishing we had put one in York though.
Thanks for the catalogue Fowgill. There are in fact loads of Heb tups in ::) , just 2 mature ones, but plenty of shearlings and lambs.
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I'm a bit sick I can't enter my tup into the show on Friday cos I think he'd do well, and then probably sell for more - but I have to be at work :P
Oh, what a shame - yes, he should do well, he's a beauty. I don't suppose you know anyone else who could handle him for you? (No, not me - I've never done any showing! But any of the other vendors? Their children? Or - your dad or mum? :eyelashes:)
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It's getting him there between 12 and 2 on Friday that's the killer, that's how restrictive the window is.
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It's getting him there between 12 and 2 on Friday that's the killer, that's how restrictive the window is.
Crumbs, that is a tiny window :( I wish I lived between you and York, instead of t'other side, and could help :bouquet:
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That's kind but it's not the end of the world. I think he's quality and hopefully people can see that for themselves in the pen.
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He is, and they will. :-*
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It's getting him there between 12 and 2 on Friday that's the killer, that's how restrictive the window is.
Crumbs, that is a tiny window :( I wish I lived between you and York, instead of t'other side, and could help :bouquet:
It's actually even worse than it sounds :tired: (I know that's meant to be a tired emoticon but it's much better as 'eeek' :D ) There are I think 4 unloading places, or maybe five, which you have to wait in a long queue to get to (and while you are reversing of course everyone is watching in case you make a 8@@11$-up ::) ). Then you unload your sheep and do the paperwork and take your sheep to the pens - all the time you have left your vehicle blocking the ramp and preventing anyone else from unloading until you have finished. No wonder it's almost impossible to get every sheep in by 2. I hate it; there must be a better and more efficient way. Maybe it has been improved since the last time I braved it as a vendor.
Buying halter trained sheep is an excellent idea at York because then you can just walk them to the trailer without having to go through the whole pandemonium in reverse. :thinking: Selling halter trianed sheep would also be the answer as you could walk them from the car park to the pens, although you would still have to wait your turn to go past the paperwork folk.
Jaykay, I hope your tup sells well. In my (small) experience, buyers make up their own minds about the sheep they want to buy and don't necessarily agree with the judge anyway. :sheep:
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Thanks FW :)
Oh, that delivering of stock sounds like a nightmare! I shall be doing it in the crowd at 9am on Sat morning, having got up at 4.30am - I wouldn't want to be the one that makes my life difficult then ;)
I'm buying gimmer lambs I hope - i'll carry them to the trailer :D Carlisle was a much bigger sale and it was far better organised I reckon - just need not to miss the entry date next year ::)
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What were prices like today? Did anyone see how the pig selling went?
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Pig prices mixed as usual. Guess you're interested in how the Tamworths went.
The 2 Boars sold for 140 guineas each
The Sow 75 guineas
The gilts 88 guineas 122 guineas and I missed the last one as I was chatting to someone.
Kune Kunes as usual around 0 -30 guineas for adults so goodness knows what the Kune Kune weaners went for.
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Thanks for that. Did you see how any weaners went? There were a lot entered :-\
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Did anyone note any sheep prices, esp Hebs?
I couldn't get to the sale - stuck at home with MANFLU - and I'm a woman so it must be bad (it's just a cold :unwell: :tired: ::) :-J ;D but the first one I've had for at least 7 years)
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Oh, I'm sorry about the cold :-*
Prices were very low all round. I only really saw the start of the ewes but 30 and 40 guineas was typical, the odd one fetching more. Shetland prices were low, Mum and Dad bought some coloured Ryelands for half what they were going for at Carlisle. Even the poultry was cheaper.
I got pathetic prices for my lambs and tup. The people I bought him from last year were there. The wife at least said 'hello Jay' first but his opening line was 'what are you doing!!' about me selling the tup. But no-one wanted him or his lambs, also out of their ewes, so their breeding wasn't that much in demand >:(
Anyway, I bought a very good shearling and three pretty lambs (not such good breeding as the shearling but not bad). I have just sat with my little flock and I like what I've got ;D
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Wish we had gone. We were prepared ( buns for sarnis, and cakes etc ) as we would like more hens before winter. Unfortunately we decided at the last minute, that the weather was good so we really must get a move on with the bathroom ( no bath, sink, cistern. Just bare plastered walls and a loo pot :innocent: )
Sounds like a buyer's market today. Really wish id pushed to go ::)
Shame you didn't get the prices for your sheep jaykay :bouquet: .
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Another time Shaz, tell me what you're looking for and want to spend - happy to buy and foster til they can be delivered/collected :-*
It was a nice day - bit of a waste when you're indoors all day - though it made driving and moving new arrivals about at home more pleasant.
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J, sorry you didn't do as well with your boy as you'd hoped - but at least the lower prices meant your dad got his coloured Rylands. :thumbsup:
So glad to hear you say you're pleased with how your flock looks now... you know what's coming ;) :D Pictures please! ;D
FW - sorry to hear about the cold :unwell:, hope it gets better soon :bouquet: :-*
MS - at least you made some progress with the bathroom! :thumbsup:
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Made a separate thread in Sheep, with some pics
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Another time Shaz, tell me what you're looking for and want to spend - happy to buy and foster til they can be delivered/collected :-*
Thanks jaykay, a lovely offer. :-*
The problem is we really don't know what to go for :thinking: we have 3 hybrids at present and want 2 or 3 more with at least one that will go broody for eggs next year :fc:
Also wouldn't mind a breed we could show at local shows perhaps?? ( not quite sure on this )
Not a flighty breed either as I don't want them popping over the fence to next doors garden ::) they don't like hens :huff:
Studying breed books and google at present as OH just about finished second coop to isolate them for a few weeks. The show would have helped with options and what the breeds do actually look like. Liked the sound of the silkie x Sussex in the catalogue. Won't know what they look like now ???
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Silkies are very cute and of course sit at the drop of a hat.
My Sussex's and my Wyandottes go broody pretty quickly and are nice fat, fussing about hens, not flighty at all.
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Did anyone note any sheep prices, esp Hebs?
You could have bought some very cheap hebs at our local rare breed sale on Saturday - 3 yr old tup (Mullach bred) was unsold at 20gns :(