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Unless you have anyone else locally with a Shetland tup who you would be happy to take the 4 to, for tupping?
I'm with Anke - I'd really rather a Shetland or similar size tup for a first-timer. But if not possible, then I'd go with the tup that'll give the lowest birth weight of the options you have available. I'd worry about her tummy muscles carrying the lambs more than I'd worry about the actual lambing itself - Shetlands are pretty generously sized in the birth canal.Given the size of Cheviot store lambs, that might even mean the Cheviot would be a contender? (I've never lambed Cheviots, so don't know what size lambs they have at birth.)
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