The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Primitive Sheep => Topic started by: dave338 on January 19, 2016, 07:54:46 pm
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Hi everyone ,
Iam quite new on here and looking to get a couple of soay , I would ideally like to find someone near Newcastle/ Northumberland
To purchase from and hopefully willing to share there knowledge and tips etc , if any one has suggestions that would be great ,
I have a couple of blocks of Woodland boardering my fields which have previously been used for horses , all new fences and 4 empty stables ,
Thanks for reading
Dave
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Hello! No help with the soay, but am not that far from you, relatively; welcome to the forum.
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Welcome neighbour! :wave:
I'm just over the border in Cumbria.
There's a North Ronaldsay breeder near Hexham, plenty of Shetland breeders around, me with my crossbreeds (Shetland x most things, lol, especially Manx and BFL), a new Manx flock near Appleby, Castlemilk Moorits a-plenty in Cumbria and Yorkshire, Hebrideans ditto... But the only place I can think might have Soay would be Bede's World. I'll keep my ears open for you.
If no-one on here comes up with anyone, it might be worth asking on the Facebook Coloured Sheepbreeders group.
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Hello from the Northumberland tip of the North Pennines! :wave:
I'm sure there's bound to be someone out there with Soay. Have you tried contacting the breed society (http://soaysheep.org/index.html)? That approach worked for me when starting to look at Dexter cattle...
Also try some of the smallholder groups - I belong to North Pennines Smallholders (http://www.northpenninessmallholders.co.uk/) which covers the North Pennines and surrounding areas but there is also a Northumbria Smallholders (http://www.northumbriasmallholders.co.uk/) group and perhaps the North Yorkshire Smallholders (http://www.smallholder.org.uk/) might not be too far away.
Good luck!