[Brucklay]

Made it to the show yesterday to watch the shetland section and then down to a very happy Kate's (she won the overall shetland title) then picked up my new shearling grey ram Ewington Silver Birch before getting home very late/early today. He's in a wee bit by the house till he settles and I hand shear him, Kate had left it on as he was her reserve for the show - he seems quite happy

[Mammyshaz]

He is handsome, well worth the late night 

[jaykay]

Very nice  I'm hoping to contact her to see if she has any moorit or fawn katmoget tup lambs for sale 

[Brucklay]

Jaykay, I saw the lambs last night and she had a couple of lovely patterned ones bet you end up with a cracker

[jaykay]

Right, I guess she's still at the show, so I'll be on the phone on Monday 
Wish I could have got up there to see them. Thanks for the heads up 

[Mallows Flock]

SHOOT... my Shetlands have been shorn... will that matter for showing in August or should I have left the fleeces on??

[lachlanandmarcus]

Silver Birch is very handsome!!! you must be very pleased with him! Nice fleece and great horns!

[jaykay]

I'd expect any sheep shown in August to be shorn.

[Brucklay]

Oh no your fine MS & P, all my others are shorn and pretty early really in the hope they have that nice look by late summer, just this boy maybe have gone to show this week so was left as is - so will need to get off asap so he can grow in a bit - now for the lead training that so far has been his downfall!!! Oh well I always liked a challenge

[Crofterloon]

Well done you cant go much better.

[Anke]

Shetlands at the RHS have to be shown in full fleece and their natural state - actually quite difficult as most of mine start to loose fleece from their neck by lambing time...

[Fleecewife]

I find it something of an anomaly that Shetlands, a self-rooing breed, have to be shown at the Highland in full fleece, at a time (late June) when they should be losing their fleeces.   So the show, which is a major showcase for the breed, is effectively encouraging exhibitors to select animals which don't self-roo, thereby risking a change in the breed to lose the self-rooing aspect 
 
Brucklay - Ewington Silver Birch is lovely, and what a wonderful colour  He will doubtless have a lovely fleece too.  Lucky you 

[Victorian Farmer]

Iwould love to see the lambs off that ram .VERY WELL DONE

[Mallows Flock]

Shetlands at the RHS have to be shown in full fleece and their natural state - actually quite difficult as most of mine start to loose fleece from their neck by lambing time...

Mine too.... totally rood out at the neck and their chest by May and very untidy and rooing started along their spine too! How do they do it? Keep 'em in the deep freeze??? LOL

[Brucklay]

I rood one of mine apart from her neck in May - started by mistake as I grabbed to check for strike and virtually the whole fleece came off - I thought possibly cling film is used