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Marketplace / Edited.For sale Pedigree Shetland heifers and purebred Shetland steers. D&G

« Last post by Rosemary on April 18, 2024, 01:14:30 pm »

Due to a farm relocation, Paul and Nicola Sanderson have young Shetland cattle for sale. For more details contact Paul direct pfsanderson@btinternet.com

Bulls
Senwick Sovereign 586916 300102. bull. born 13/06/23 black and white. ( very good conformation )
Senwick Ruairidh 586816. 500104 bull. born 02/07/23. mainly red. (out of Manx Fiona who has since died very good genetics)

Heifers
Senwick Fauna 586916 600049. dob 29/5/21. Red and white
Senwick MerryWeather. 586916. 700050. 30/5/21 Black and White
Senwick Lilibet 586916. 700064. 14/6/22. Red and white
Senwick Queenie 586916. 600070. 17/06/22. Black and white
Senwick Sixpence. 586916. 600077. 23/06/22. Red and white
Senwick Jubilee. 586916 300081. 02/08/22 Black and white
Senwick. Princess. 586916. 400082. 06/09/22. Red and white

And steers
586916. 400061. dob 13/10/21
586916. 600063. 23/05/22
586916. 100065. 15/0622
586916. 200066 15/06/22
586916. 300074. 18/06/22
586916. 200080. 25/06/22

And a non breeding heifer
586916 100072 dob 17/06/22

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Equipment / Re: 2-Stroke problem has defeated me

« Last post by chrismahon on April 18, 2024, 01:10:26 pm »

Here we are 4 years later. Recently purchased a Stihl MM56 mini-tiller after the bearing broke up on the MM55 and seized the motor solid. It's just run-in and has been starting first pull every time and was used last week. So today it wouldn't start. Tried choke, half choke and no choke but nothing. The fuel is new so the very first thing I checked was the exhaust pipe. Sure enough there were flecks of yellow dust around it. Being new and no soot it was easy to see the pollen deep inside and there was an awful lot came out, so that little bee must have been working flat out for quite a few days!


Perhaps I need to fit some plastic caps?

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Wildlife / Swallows '24

« Last post by Possum on April 18, 2024, 09:29:29 am »

Looked out of the bedroom window this morning and saw a solitary swallow swooping over the rooftops   

Such a marvellous sight after all the dreadful weather we have been having.


We had our first nest last year so I must make sure that the garage doors are left open to encourage them to nest again.

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Sheep / Re: landes de bretagne sheep - any in the UK ?

« Last post by Bywaters on April 16, 2024, 08:30:07 am »

   moins sauvage??!! Theres a lady here with Ouessants and they are as friendly as anything!
There's Facebook group called European Wool Association that people share their sheep breed info on- you could ask on there whether anyone in Uk has any, or else if any breeders in France would be willing to export.....?

I interpret moins suavage as "less primitive" , but it was a refrence to the landes de bretagne , compared to ouessants
thank you for the information I will check out Much appreciated

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Sheep / Re: Rams and Lambs

« Last post by Rosemary on April 16, 2024, 08:06:47 am »

So yes, if you don't want unseasonal lambs, best to keep the ewes away from mature testicles.

And remember, testicles can mature at 4 months and sometimes earlier.

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Sheep / Re: Rams and Lambs

« Last post by SallyintNorth on April 16, 2024, 12:04:16 am »

I've had a Wensleydale and a mixed breed (her breeds including Icelandic, Dutch Texel and Shetland) lamb in August, and a Manx and a Shetland-with-a-bit-of-BFL lamb in October, all to my (very diligent) Shetland tup. 

So yes, if you don't want unseasonal lambs, best to keep the ewes away from mature testicles. 

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Sheep / Re: landes de bretagne sheep - any in the UK ?

« Last post by messyhoose on April 15, 2024, 09:12:13 pm »

    moins sauvage??!! Theres a lady here with Ouessants and they are as friendly as anything!
There's Facebook group called European Wool Association that people share their sheep breed info on- you could ask on there whether anyone in Uk has any, or else if any breeders in France would be willing to export.....?

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Sheep / Re: Help! Advice on bottle feeding lambs with ewe with mastitis - updated new query

« Last post by messyhoose on April 15, 2024, 08:56:23 pm »

i am sorry you are still struggling, must be keeping you awake at night, i know the feeling!
there are a few things you could try: the lamb is old enough that you could try to isolate her from mom for a few days  (ie so not getting anything from mom) to see if that convinces her that bottled milk is actually quite nice. What i mean by old enough is that if this works, (or indeed doesnt work) you can still return her to mom without her being rejected, and hopefully feed off both bottle and mom.

I was offered a week old lamb to keep a rescue company but she point blank refused to drink from the bottle and after a week i said to the owner - help im starving her to death. The owner took her back and the lambs mom took her back (they only let ewes keep one lamb here, but this ewe eneded up rearing the 2 that year)

or:
You could pen the lambs next to mom for 12 hours then let the smaller one get to feed off mom first- that way she gets the lions share instead of the older sibling. Once she gets stronger she will be able to compete with her sibling better. Lambs with restricted milk will tend to wean themselves faster so you may need to make sure they have access to grass/ so they can start nibbling and getting their rumen to mature sooner. I think the youngest i i heard was 3 week lamb, it was very tiny compared to milk fed ones but did survive.

or:
Does anyone nearby have a ewe whose newborn lamb has died and needs a lamb to call her own? Some places have FB pages for farmers to ask for/or offer lambs for this purpose. Your lamb sounds like it is one of those "moms teat is best" types and would prob (with help at first ) drink fine off another milky ewe, but it needs to be a recently lambed ewe or she will be harder to persuade to take the interloper.

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Sheep / Re: Help! Advice on bottle feeding lambs with ewe with mastitis - updated new query

« Last post by shep53 on April 15, 2024, 07:40:22 am »

As twizzel says put the ewe out with the strong lamb , it will force out the small one .The lamb is very hungry from its hunched stance , I have 5 lambs to feed and all take only 5oml max from the bottle the rest goes down a tube , one is smaller than yours and gets 250ml 3x per day .  You just keep persevering and then one day they drink a whole bottle . Update 11 lambs now and 1 5day.old just took a whole bottle    little wins

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Sheep / Re: landes de bretagne sheep - any in the UK ?

« Last post by Fleecewife on April 14, 2024, 07:15:04 pm »

https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/landes-de-bretagne-sheep/

https://www.races-de-bretagne.fr/decouvrez-les-races/mouton-des-landes-de-bretagne/

Similar to ouessant but a bit bigger  my friend says "C'est un peu plus gros que les ouessant et un peu moins sauvage, mais tout autant rustique! "

Whatever was the 'Roughage revolution' of 1945 to 1970?
Hebbies without horns?
Would it be too difficult to import them if there are none here?