The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: lizzypeg on December 02, 2012, 07:36:34 pm
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we recently got3 pet sheep.what breed or crosses are they do you think.we were told they were shetlands or cross shetlands.
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The lil one stamping her foot has VERY shetland like ears ;D
That is my intelligent input for the evening :thumbsup:
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Well the black ones don't look a lot different from my Black Welsh Mountain but then I think most primitives look the same! Someone more experienced will probably tell you. Cute though
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Shetland x maybe heads look short and thick set so maybe a cross with a breed having these caritaristic ?. what are there tails like, anyway good looking sheep
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the one stamping foot it doris...shes going to be a trick sheep.
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they look like they could be shetlandxsoays just a guess as their faces look very similar to my soay girls
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more pics
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and this one
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:wave:
I have to admit, the dark ones do look a little Welsh Mountain to me....
But I am a novice :excited:
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i'd say that they are ryeland x welsh mountains!!
Maybe a coloured ryeland on white welsh ewes or the other way around :)
Failing that no idea ???
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Definitely not Shetland - long tail. Probably not even Shetland crosses, or if - then with something with a long tail, so maybe BWM X?
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The white one has the look of a Texdale, which is a Texel on a Swaledale.
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My guess would be ryeland x black welsh mountain. They look a lot like my bwm's but they have ryelandish heads. Whatever they are they are very cute. :)
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Ryeland x swaledale for the white one Ryeland black welshmountain for the others and the little one in the coat is a real cutie ;)
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Could they be Shetland x Ryeland or Zwarble who knows the one thing for sure they are sheep.
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I had two (now one) shetland/ryelands and they dont look much like your sheep at all :thinking:
Note sure what they could be but they are very cute :)
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he actually said they were shetland x south downs....but i know nothing about the breeds so just said ok..
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he actually said they were shetland x south downs....but i know nothing about the breeds so just said ok..
What are their fleeces like?
Southdown on primitive is a cross I've considered to get a good fat lamb and a lovely fleece.... :thinking:
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The tiny white one with the coat in your last pic looks like a sheep x dog to me!
:roflanim: (at own joke - pathetic..)
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erm i don't know much about sheep fleece but seems to be dense and thick and doesnt part easily if that helps...
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erm i don't know much about sheep fleece but seems to be dense and thick and doesnt part easily if that helps...
Well, yes, it does help ;D You wouldn't say that of a Shetland fleece; not parting easily suggests something like a Texel cross to me, but I am not very familiar with the fleece on the hoof of many other terminal sires - so quite likely Suffolk or even Southdown might feel the same.
Anyone?
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I am inclined to go with the description of what they were sold as.
I really do not think there is much if any Black Welsh Mountain blood there. The shape of the head is wrong, the appearance of the fleece is wrong, and one of them isn't black which is fairly unlikely if the other half is Southdown.
The heads do look a little like the Dorset Down heads of my youth. The variations in colour may well indicate Shetland.
Whatever they are they are nice and obviously very happy with you.
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I'd say there was a strain of Suffolk in there as my Suffolk cross Jacob lambs a couple of years ago looked like the brown lambs! The white one looks like a Suffolk x Texel crossed again with something as I have a wether with similar markings!