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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Hartwelljulie on April 02, 2014, 10:58:51 am

Title: SO proud of my Herdy I could burst! @julesmanools on twitter for photos
Post by: Hartwelljulie on April 02, 2014, 10:58:51 am: Just had to share how proud I am of my beautiful Herdy Bluebell. I came home from work yesterday to find 2 beautiful twins - male and female - she'd lambed all by herself just like last year when she also had twins (one of each) in exactly the same spot in the field! She is a first class mother - Herdys sometimes get a bad rap but my experience of them is that they are beautiful, gentle, intelligent and amazing mums - my other 2 are due to lamb any day now - they both had lambs last year also with no problems. Big up the Herdys! I will post photos soon so you can also appreciate these little beauties! They each have a squashed ear at the moment, probably how they were lying in the womb. Super cute!

Hope all of you who are in the midst of lambing are having positive expetriences :fc: photos on @julesmanools on twitter (sorry files too large to add and I'm struggling to find a way to get them on :((http://)
Title: Re: SO proud of my Herdy I could burst!
Post by: Rosemary on April 02, 2014, 11:16:33 am: Ooh, Herdy lambs are so beautiful :love:
Title: Re: SO proud of my Herdy I could burst!
Post by: ZaktheLad on April 02, 2014, 11:57:21 am: Congratulations - it's so great when it all goes to plan. Hope your other girls do a great job too! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: SO proud of my Herdy I could burst! @julesmanools on twitter for photos
Post by: Foobar on April 02, 2014, 12:59:06 pm: Love the photos, very cute indeed. I wish I had some now...
Title: Re: SO proud of my Herdy I could burst! @julesmanools on twitter for photos
Post by: Ladygrey on April 02, 2014, 02:15:51 pm: Congrats :)

I loved looking at the herdwicks on the hills when I went to the lake district last year, they looked like lovely polar bears :) very pretty sheep.
Title: Re: SO proud of my Herdy I could burst! @julesmanools on twitter for photos
Post by: ZaktheLad on April 02, 2014, 02:54:27 pm: Anything from your girls at the moment Jess?
Title: Re: SO proud of my Herdy I could burst! @julesmanools on twitter for photos
Post by: moprabbit on April 02, 2014, 11:46:49 pm: Photos are soooo cute!!!!!!
Title: Re: SO proud of my Herdy I could burst! @julesmanools on twitter for photos
Post by: Backinwellies on April 03, 2014, 08:46:00 am: I love Herdwicks too. Used to have a lovely Ram at the college I worked.
Title: Re: SO proud of my Herdy I could burst! @julesmanools on twitter for photos
Post by: Ladygrey on April 03, 2014, 08:48:20 am: Quote from: ZaktheLad on April 02, 2014, 02:54:27 pm
Anything from your girls at the moment Jess?

Only charmoise and shetland lambs so far, nothing from paddy yet, but still have ten to lamb :)
Title: Re: SO proud of my Herdy I could burst! @julesmanools on twitter for photos
Post by: Hartwelljulie on April 08, 2014, 06:24:58 pm: Another set of twins born to another of my very clever herdy girls! two tup lambs this time - goergous and no problems at all despite driving rain and wind! The four of them are skipping about and having races in the sunshine as I type :)
Title: Re: SO proud of my Herdy I could burst! @julesmanools on twitter for photos
Post by: trish.farm on April 08, 2014, 06:49:19 pm: cant get your pics up but bet they are gorgeous!!! Love Herdwicks!! You reckon they would do well down in Hampshire??