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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: in the hills on February 16, 2012, 09:03:54 pm
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:wave: Hi
Have enjoyed reading the forum for a while, so thought it was time to join!
We are in the hills of Mid Wales and have about 2 acres. We have a small flock of Soay sheep and will be lambing for the first time in a few weeks. Also lots and lots of hens and quail.
We have been told that our girls should lamb with few problems but maybe in the sheep section asking lots of questions soon!!!
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Hello and welcome in the hills
Sorry won't be able to help much with livestock questions through your lambing but look forward to seeing some pics.
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Hello, welcome to TAS. :wave:
Hope lambing goes well for you. :sheep: :sheep:
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Hello and welcome from Carnoustie :wave:
Hope your lambing goes well :sheep: :sheep:
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:wave: Hi and welcome from sunny Shropshire. Good luck with the lambing and don't forget the piccies. :sheep:
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hello in the hills from cornwall! :wave:
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Hi in the hills - hope your lambing goes well, I'm sure your on a pretty safe bet with Soay's and yes you must post pics as their lambs are so cute, very exiting time
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Here :wave: Whereabouts in the hills of Mid Wales are you? I am at the foot of the Kerry Ridgeway near Newtown.
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Welcome from Bedfordshire - its better in the forum than out
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Here :wave: Whereabouts in the hills of Mid Wales are you? I am at the foot of the Kerry Ridgeway near Newtown.
Thanks everyone for all your replies. This is such a friendly forum.
Hi, Brijjy .......... good to hear from someone in our neck of the woods!
We are between Berriew and Bettws, so not far from you at all.
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Ooo very close indeed :thumbsup: My mum and I have a small flock of wiltshire horns. These are due to lamb mid April. Good luck with your girls, I'm sure it will all go swimmingly.
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Hello!
A big welcome from sunny Aberdeenshire! :wave:
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Hi from Lancashire!
I've helped with lambing, on a sheep farm on Anglesey. As long as you don't expect much sleep you should be fine! Good luck.
Michelle
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Hello from North Yorkshire
we also have a small flock (7) Soays and expecting our first three to lamb anytime now! Good luck and see you in Sheep. Hope your lambing goes well- keep us posted
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Hi Squeasy
Hope all goes well for you ....keep us posted. Ours are due anytime from the 21st March but hope it will be a couple of weeks later than that date.
We have 7 ladies and the visiting ram, who will be with us until around June. He s lovely but has quite an attitude! Hope they lamb without much intervention otherwise the lad will be in another paddock for a while ...wont stand for anyone messing with his girls!!!!
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hi from llyswen powys :wave:
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:wave: from Bala N Wales. No lambing for us yet (had a ridiculous notion about letting my first ewe lambs have a 'childhood' !!!!) so will enjoy hearing about yours! Pob Luc!
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Hello from west-wales :wave:
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A special hello to everyone here in Wales :wave:
Yes, FiB, we waited too. Our girls are in their second year. As primitives they seemed so small and are of course slow to mature anyway so let them kick their heels and be fancy free for a while!!!
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Hi Squeasy
Hope all goes well for you ....keep us posted. Ours are due anytime from the 21st March but hope it will be a couple of weeks later than that date.
We have 7 ladies and the visiting ram, who will be with us until around June. He s lovely but has quite an attitude! Hope they lamb without much intervention otherwise the lad will be in another paddock for a while ...wont stand for anyone messing with his girls!!!!
We had to move Carlos our ram out of the field where the three heavily pregnant ewes were as he became very shall we say amorous!!! He was constantly at podita for the whole day before she lambed. Then whilst Podita was having her difficult lambing he was not bothered with her and instead started on Millie. We got him moved in another paddock with his other three ladies who are due end of April/ early May. I really would not have trusted him to leave the ewe alone if she had not been struggling. You may need to move yours. I look forward to hearing more about the Soays.
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Ah, thanks Squeasy. We will keep a close eye on him. He is on loan to us and know that he remained with the ewes during lambing time last year when he was with someone else. Can see that it may not be comfortable to attend to any lambing difficulties with him around though because he is quite spirited and we never turn our back on him just in case.That said, he hasnt caused any real problems yet apart from putting our very lively dog firmly in his place.My neighbour told me that sheep very quickly work out when a dog is no threat to them .....how true!
Poor Alf!!!
Good to have another Soay keeper to chat to.