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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: spursman on June 28, 2011, 08:06:59 pm

Title: Red Ruby Devon
Post by: spursman on June 28, 2011, 08:06:59 pm

Anyone know of any Red Ruby Devon steers or heifers (unregistered) for sale any help much appreciated.  :cow:

Title: Re: Red Ruby Devon
Post by: Sylvia on June 29, 2011, 09:18:22 am

Whereabouts are you, Spursman? They are widespread, I know but the west country is still the best place to find them. There are a lot near me and I could ask around for you.

Title: Re: Red Ruby Devon
Post by: spursman on June 30, 2011, 01:50:45 pm

I am in Nottinghamshire but will travel.

Title: Re: Red Ruby Devon
Post by: Bioman on June 30, 2011, 11:07:17 pm

See if you can get hold of a Saturday issue of the Western Morning news. Has all the sale dates of cattle in the South West , theres always lots of Ruby reds in them. Where I live in East Devon- its choca with them!

The sale details are only on Saturday issues of the paper!

Title: Re: Red Ruby Devon
Post by: SallyintNorth on July 10, 2011, 09:41:34 am

Oooooh, pop a nice heifer on a train up to Carlisle would ya?  I love the Red Devons, having lived in Exmoor for many years.  I used a Red Devon on my Jersey but sadly she didn't hold  ::)  (twice  ::)) and now seems to be held to the Jersey.  Never mind, we used the other three straws on three of our Hereford x heifers (one of them a red one), so hopefully there'll be some rubies next year.

Title: Re: Red Ruby Devon
Post by: Nina on September 06, 2011, 09:16:55 pm

Sorry late - But always plenty for sale in http://www.redrubydevon.co.uk/stockforsale.htm (http://www.redrubydevon.co.uk/stockforsale.htm)

And big herds in Oxon, Worcs and Cambs...