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Community => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: SWT-Flying Flock on March 13, 2013, 09:32:12 am

Title: New member
Post by: SWT-Flying Flock on March 13, 2013, 09:32:12 am

I am the shepherd for Scottish Wildlife Trust's innovative Flying Flock and Herd of sheep and cattle. The project has been going for over 12 years and the stock regularly graze Wildlife Reserves from Angus to Fife down to East Lothian, we've been to the Borders too several times!

The FF is funded by donations and by selling our beef, lamb and wool which we sell all over the UK.

Look forward to joining in  :wave:

Title: Re: New member
Post by: happygolucky on March 13, 2013, 09:43:59 am

 :wave: :wave: :wave: Hello from Clackmannan, selling up so only keep chickens for now!!! never going to keep sheep or cattle but how interesting your job must be!! :thumbsup:

Title: Re: New member
Post by: mojocafa on March 13, 2013, 09:49:02 am

Hello from Arbroath

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Post by: The Mobile Butcher on March 13, 2013, 10:29:52 am

Hello,
from a wintry - Whitby - North Yorkshire :wave:

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Post by: Factotum on March 13, 2013, 01:47:47 pm

Hi from Sunny, no Snowy, no Sunny Moray...

I see you have Shetland Cattle - we have a small herd of 15 - wonderful wee beasties

Sue

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Post by: Rosemary on March 13, 2013, 03:46:15 pm

Hello  :wave:

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Post by: lachlanandmarcus on March 13, 2013, 04:03:26 pm

Had a look at your blog, very interesting stuff, great enterprise!!

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Post by: Rosemary on March 13, 2013, 07:02:04 pm

Nice herd, Laura - how many you got now?  :thumbsup:

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Post by: bigchicken on March 13, 2013, 08:37:37 pm

hello and welcome from the bigchicken fay fife one of your bits of land is just up the road from me think its called lielowan. look forward to your input.

Title: Re: New member
Post by: SWT-Flying Flock on March 13, 2013, 09:14:27 pm

Thanks for the welcome!

We have Shetland cattle and sheep and Cheviot Shetland ewes which we cross with the texel.  At the moment we are breeding the cattle pure but we may start cross breeding in the next few years.

Big chicken that's right, do you want to be a volunteer checker  ;)

Title: Re: New member
Post by: Lesley Silvester on March 13, 2013, 09:15:16 pm

 :wave: and welcome from  :cold: Shropshire.