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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: Castle Farm on September 28, 2013, 02:51:36 pm

Title: Lleyn Starter Flock. Hay-on-Wye.Herefordshire.
Post by: Castle Farm on September 28, 2013, 02:51:36 pm

Looking to reduce my sheep flock and offer for sale pure bred Lleyns.

Good quality stock, grass reared, wormed and ready to tup. Choice of 80 animals.

Mixed ages from yearlings to 4 years old selected to your own requirements. With or without a ram lamb.

Can be tupped and scanned to lamb April onwards. (Deposit required)

Prices from £100 each for yearlings. All good size sheep and bred for production of easy lambing and finishing on grass at about 40kg.

Title: Re: Lleyn Starter Flock. Hay-on-Wye.Herefordshire.
Post by: Hillview Farm on September 28, 2013, 06:01:54 pm

If only you were closer I would have bitten off your hand! I want more Lleyn's! :(

Title: Re: Lleyn Starter Flock. Hay-on-Wye.Herefordshire.
Post by: Padge on September 29, 2013, 08:33:39 am

I don't suppose we're much nearer....... :-\ ....we keep Lleyn :sunshine:

Title: Re: Lleyn Starter Flock. Hay-on-Wye.Herefordshire.
Post by: Castle Farm on September 29, 2013, 11:04:45 am

How you done with yours Padge?

Stuart has about 2000 now and has given up his Welsh Black cattle.

Title: Re: Lleyn Starter Flock. Hay-on-Wye.Herefordshire.
Post by: Padge on September 29, 2013, 02:31:40 pm

We did alright this year Dave :thumbsup:     our land is a bit difficult for them and we have to give JG drench for copper but since we discovered that they've come along a storm. We lambed at 185% this year with a high percentage of ewe lambs. The ram lamb we had from Stuart when we bought our first Lleyn has proven to be a cracking tup......he thought he would be.... ;) and throws well formed lively lambs.... good tight skins
With OH's now disability...we looked to buy some more from a different source......looked good as ewe lambs but turned out not nearly as good as our original stock or any progeny we've produced so far so we sold . Nothing wrong with them just didn't turn out as we'd hoped...he shows a lot so breeds differently I guess.......we prefer the originals and said if/when we wanted more we'd always go back :sunshine: ....2000 :o ...obviously works well for him :thumbsup:   if you would be so good as to pass on our regards when you get chance  :sunshine:

Title: Re: Lleyn Starter Flock. Hay-on-Wye.Herefordshire.
Post by: Hillview Farm on October 01, 2013, 08:38:32 am

where abouts are you Padge?

Title: Re: Lleyn Starter Flock. Hay-on-Wye.Herefordshire.
Post by: Padge on October 02, 2013, 07:55:48 am

 :wave: Hi HVF    we're actually Louth in Lincolnshire......but funnily enough we sold our last available 18 ewe lambs on Monday of this week :sunshine: .....but if you think you would like a visit in the future you'd be more than welcome    :sunshine: 

Title: Re: Lleyn Starter Flock. Hay-on-Wye.Herefordshire.
Post by: Hillview Farm on October 03, 2013, 06:42:03 pm

Aww thank you Padge! Its a little bit too far as we are in Sunny Surrey but if we are ever up your way I may take you up on that offer  :thumbsup: