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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: tirdu on February 08, 2009, 07:22:57 pm

Title: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: tirdu on February 08, 2009, 07:22:57 pm

Having had an excellent scanning percentage today, there shall be some polled dorset ewe and ram lambs available for sale this year : for those who are interested. :)

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: danndans on February 08, 2009, 07:29:11 pm

were abouts are you tirdu?

Have you got many to lamb?

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: tirdu on February 08, 2009, 07:58:44 pm

hi there dandanns, well we live all the way down i west wales. Well we have about 20 dorset ewes plus another 70 commercial sheep as well made up of all different breeds.

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: danndans on February 08, 2009, 08:08:10 pm

anywere near aberystwyth?

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: tirdu on February 08, 2009, 08:11:08 pm

well yes actually, 10 miles south towards aberaeron

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: danndans on February 08, 2009, 08:14:09 pm

Llanrystud?  at a guess  ;D

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: tirdu on February 08, 2009, 08:17:35 pm

Little further on down the coast. Village called llanon ?

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: danndans on February 08, 2009, 08:19:20 pm

Best freind used to live in llanon  ;D

were only in borth  :D

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: tirdu on February 08, 2009, 08:49:33 pm

wellwell what a coincidence lol
my family have lived there for years , who was this freind of yours then ?

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: danndans on February 08, 2009, 09:00:12 pm

Maria Hamer  :)

if you turn left at the chippy in llanon, then left again there was a couple of cottagy type places their, with a field infront.  she was in one of those  ;D

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: tirdu on February 08, 2009, 09:17:59 pm

o rite. well we'd be selling the lambs at weaning which would be about 3 months old, but may sell the odd ewe in lamb now soon or with lambs running with them.

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: kaz on February 09, 2009, 12:10:22 pm

Do you show them?

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: tirdu on February 11, 2009, 03:26:59 pm

well kaz we used to but due to time avaiable do not anymore

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: kaz on February 11, 2009, 05:03:12 pm

You probably know Rocky then, who lives fairly near to my neck of the woods.

Title: Re: Polled Dorset Lambs
Post by: tirdu on February 12, 2009, 07:52:27 pm

o ies only 2 well as it happens