The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: ChantalR on November 18, 2014, 11:43:31 am
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Can anyone help with the hire of a ram in Berkshire?
I have 7 ewes who need the attention of a ram !
Whilst our sheep are Wiltshire Horn, it is not essential your ram is Wiltshire horn.
I really hope someone can help me !
Best regards
Chantal
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Hi there :wave:
I am just South of Reading on the hampshire/berkshire border
I dont have any wiltshire horn rams, but if you want some good meat lambs I have two charmoise rams and 1 charollais, the charollais is booked to hire already
They have already finished tupping my flock but the charmoise rams have not changed in weight or condition since before tupping and they would be up for more
If you wanted to hire a ram you would have to pick him up and also drop him back off, as I would loose money by dropping him off for only 7 ewes
I have a ram going out to hire in 1 week time at the rate of £3 per ewe
On return the ram would be quarantined and I would need to know the health status of your sheep :)
Charmoise are short and fat and are generally ugly creatures :) they live off fresh air, have good feet and my rams are not fed anything other than grass or a little hay if the snow is deep
This is a pic I took at the weekend of a ram lamb and a ram I have just taken away from the ewes
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b316/Duckberry/IMG_20141117_091412_zps96ae1bc3.jpg)
Sorry I dont have any pretty or maternal rams :roflanim:
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Short, fat and ugly?? :o :o :o :sheep:
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Well of course I think they are lovely :love: :love: :love:
But the majority of smallholders tend to think otherwise as perhaps looks are more important to some rather than function ::)
The little one I got off you in the spring has filled out and grown hasnt he :excited: but still cant catch the bugger without 3 people.......
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Only 3 people? :thinking: you must have bought a slow one
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Only 3 people? :thinking: you must have bought a slow one
Thats good to know :excited:
Its my fault I dont have a good sheepdog yet, then it would be dead easy I suppose
or would have to start bucket training them..... how do you get them to come to an empty bucket :thinking:
or is the bucket for throwing at them..... :idea:
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Throw the bucket over their head so they can't see and pounce on them. Never fails.
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I'm some distance from you (Herefordshire) but I have a Southdown ram that will be available for hire from this weekend (much cuter than a Charmoise ....)
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Lambs in bags aren't cute whatever they look like :P
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Lambs in bags aren't cute whatever they look like :P
Yup, I came to that conclusion, hence why I switched to the charmoise! teeny tiny lambs that hit the ground running and then fill out and grow on next to nothing :thumbsup:
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I have a Wiltshire horn Ram, I'm in Essex.
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Lambs in bags aren't cute whatever they look like :P
Yes, but you have to look at them for quite a while before they get to the freezer stage ....?
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Yes, but you have to look at them for quite a while before they get to the freezer stage ....?
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Yeah the last thing you would want is to be staring at a field full of lambs with ugly hairy beards and side burns!
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you could try preloved or farmingads?