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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: LeanneR88 on March 20, 2017, 11:41:18 am

Title: Sheep Wanted Aberdeenshire
Post by: LeanneR88 on March 20, 2017, 11:41:18 am

Recently bought a little croft in Aberdeenshire, have 3 ponies already so looking to get a few sheep, no particular breed, prefer to be fairly young, wondered if anyone had any for sale :)

Title: Re: Sheep Wanted Aberdeenshire
Post by: aess35 on March 21, 2017, 08:23:53 am

Hi we have some shetland ewes and last year ewe lambs

Title: Re: Sheep Wanted Aberdeenshire
Post by: marka on March 21, 2017, 02:08:50 pm

Hi there,

We have some Castlemilk Moorits available ranging from ewes with this years lambs at foot ( although not ready yet as they have just lambed ) to last years ewe lambs. We have a proven ram and a wether available as well.

If you would like any photos, please just let me know.

Regards

Mark

Title: Re: Sheep Wanted Aberdeenshire
Post by: clydesdaleclopper on March 21, 2017, 05:12:54 pm

[member=34360]LeanneR88[/member] if you might have the sheep in the fields at the same time as the ponies it would be advisable to get some without horns.

Title: Re: Sheep Wanted Aberdeenshire
Post by: animalcrackers on May 18, 2017, 05:17:32 pm

i have some shetland gimmers for sale. registered and bucket trained

Title: Re: Sheep Wanted Aberdeenshire
Post by: VAnderson4 on May 19, 2017, 03:26:37 pm

I have some zwartbles and/or zwartble x black wensleydales for sale at weaning

Title: Re: Sheep Wanted Aberdeenshire
Post by: LeanneR88 on June 27, 2017, 06:31:01 pm

Quote from: VAnderson4 on May 19, 2017, 03:26:37 pm

I have some zwartbles and/or zwartble x black wensleydales for sale at weaning

Sorry for delay!!

Do you still have if so send me a pm with details please :)

Title: Re: Sheep Wanted Aberdeenshire
Post by: clydesdaleclopper on June 27, 2017, 09:56:08 pm

I will have some Gotland x Shetland and Gotland x Lincoln Longwool castrated lambs available at weaning in August

Title: Re: Sheep Wanted Aberdeenshire
Post by: docsal on June 28, 2017, 11:31:32 am

clydesdaleclopper - I might be interested. I am looking to raise a few for meat and nice sheepskins. Yours sound like they would have good fleeces. I am just outside Aberdeen, near Westhill. I haven't got any fences yet, so would need to get going with that in the first instance but August would give me time. I haven't kept sheep before so would try and find a course or a mentor too. Will they need to be indoors in winter months?

Title: Re: Sheep Wanted Aberdeenshire
Post by: clydesdaleclopper on June 28, 2017, 11:36:40 am

Hi [member=168653]docsal[/member] . That's exactly what we do. We slaughter them at about 18months old. That way they are a nice size and taste great. I get the first clip of fleeces to sell to spinners and have a nice length of fleece for the skins. They don't need to be indoors over winter - they manage fine up here on the hill. They just need hay over winter. They are a very friendly bunch who come for cuddles and are easy to handle. Drop me a pm if you want to come to meet them :)