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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: bigchicken on April 04, 2010, 05:30:38 pm

Title: Ryelands
Post by: bigchicken on April 04, 2010, 05:30:38 pm

Have a small flock of Ryelands for sale four ewes and an unrelated tup All young stock 2008--2009 all white and registered. looking for £80 per head. 

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: karmahill on April 04, 2010, 08:27:06 pm

hi bigchicken, where abouts are you, also, any pictures?

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: bigchicken on April 04, 2010, 11:20:13 pm

Hi I am in Fife, A bit more information 2 of the ewes are 2008 born, the other 2 are 2009 born and the ram is 2009 born. I bought the 2009s at Carlisle rare breeds sale last year and I bought the 2008s at Stirling rare breeds sale also last year. These sheep are not what I thought they would be ,that is the reason I am selling.

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: Rosemary on April 05, 2010, 10:46:28 am

Hi, bigchicken

I've PM'd you. Are the 2008 ewes lambing this year?

I'd be interested in viewing.

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: bigchicken on April 05, 2010, 04:59:59 pm

Both 2008 ewes failed lambers

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: Blinkers on April 05, 2010, 08:14:40 pm

Just out of interest....what is you don't like about them ? :sheep:  :-\

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: Rosemary on April 05, 2010, 08:18:25 pm

Quote from: bigchicken on April 05, 2010, 04:59:59 pm

Both 2008 ewes failed lambers

In what way "failed"?

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: bigchicken on April 05, 2010, 11:07:08 pm

Had lambs but failed to mother them properly, not a patch on Shetlands. Slow, stupid and cant see where they are going they annoy me just not my type of sheep.

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: garden cottage on April 06, 2010, 07:04:02 am

weve found ryelands to be excellent mothers generally, they do require dagging occasionally around eyes due to excess wool so they can see whats going on, think you can have an occasional bad mother in any breed...................neil ::)

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: Rosemary on April 06, 2010, 08:49:22 am

Yeah, mine are pretty good mums. I do have to trim the wool from their eyes though or they can't see properly. I love them - they're like teddybears.

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: bigchicken on April 06, 2010, 05:03:56 pm

Rosemary Are you still interested.

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: Rosemary on April 06, 2010, 11:17:38 pm

I'd certainly like to have a look at them. Where are you?

Title: Re: Ryelands
Post by: bigchicken on April 10, 2010, 11:30:26 pm

All these sheep are of to market