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silkwoodzwartbles

  • Joined Apr 2016
Hello! :)
« on: April 25, 2016, 04:24:12 pm »
 :wave: Hello, I'm Chloe and keep a small flock of pedigree Zwartbles in the Forest of Dean. I'm relatively new to sheep and small-holding so I'm sure I'll be asking some daft questions pretty soon :) Looking forward to getting to "know" you all  :sheep:

DavidandCollette

  • Joined Dec 2012
Re: Hello! :)
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2016, 09:09:42 am »
 :wave:from a very cold North Lincolnshire

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Hello! :)
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2016, 09:19:16 am »
Hello and welcome from a very changeable Carnoustie  :wave:

Jukes Mum

  • Joined Apr 2014
  • North Yorkshire
Re: Hello! :)
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2016, 09:23:39 am »
Hi from a snowy North Yorkshire, Chloe! I'm fairly sure that you have to post a picture of your sheep for us to Awww at. If it's not in the rules, it should be  ;)
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silkwoodzwartbles

  • Joined Apr 2016
Re: Hello! :)
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2016, 06:42:29 pm »
Thanks for the welcome, and photos I can do! :)

One photo is of my 5 shearling ewes, Connie, Cocoa, Cassie, Cerys and Cookie, and the other is of my 4 year old ewe Wagtail with her twin ram lambs  :love:

Womble

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Stirlingshire, Central Scotland
Re: Hello! :)
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2016, 09:47:02 pm »
Hello from our Central Scottish Zs   ;D got to love humbug sheep!
"All fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once." -Terry Pratchett

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Hello! :)
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2016, 10:56:28 pm »
 :wave: and welcome from Shropshire. Don't keep sheep but I do  :spin: and  :knit:

silkwoodzwartbles

  • Joined Apr 2016
Re: Hello! :)
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2016, 07:01:10 pm »
Hehe Zwartbles are the best sheep - even my OH is being converted, particularly after we tried to catch the 18 shearlings on the weekend to drench them, and my 5 were the only ones that came to the bucket and waited nicely in the pen. It took over an hour and the neighbour's dog (ours is in disgrace!) to get the others (his!) into the pen...he was not amused :innocent:

I'd love to learn to spin, I can knit (badly) but spinning is a whole other skill :thumbsup:

devonlady

  • Joined Aug 2014
Re: Hello! :)
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2016, 12:27:25 pm »
Hello from Devon.

Rhea

  • Joined Mar 2015
  • Wye Valley
Re: Hello! :)
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2016, 11:59:03 am »
Yay - someone local to me  :excited:

Hello from the forest/wye valley border

silkwoodzwartbles

  • Joined Apr 2016
Re: Hello! :)
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2016, 04:18:13 pm »
 :wave: Hi Rhea - do you keep sheep too?

Rhea

  • Joined Mar 2015
  • Wye Valley
Re: Hello! :)
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2016, 09:38:22 pm »
We've just started this year with 7 pesky Balwens. A lot to learn......but worth it

 

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