The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: waterhouse on May 30, 2011, 09:55:07 pm
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Has anyone got experience of crossing Greyface Dartmoors? We love the easy lambing of the Dartmoor but we don't have a ram or access to one, and the breed society doesn't appear to function.
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Years ago I had a dartmoor ram given to me....crossed him with all sorts very successfully! More recently had a few ewes in the flock and crossed them with my Dorset Down rams....very good results. When I sold them their new owner crossed them with a Charolais x wensleydale x gotland!!!!!......real heinz 57......but always very easy lambing
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Have you thought of seeing if anyone will be showing at the agri shows this summer. That's how i found a local breeder for my wiltshire horns. He loans me a ram every year.
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I think we're 100 miles from the nearest flock and 200 from Exeter where it all happens. So we're looking for something a bit more accessible rather than a pure breed. Easy lambing and tasty meat are the requirements