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Title: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: AndyShrops on July 18, 2018, 04:18:05 pm

Hi. My name is Andy and i live near to Ironbridge in Shropshire with my wife and two daughters. We have recently inherited 10 acres of rough grazing and some old farm buildings about 8 miles from our house. Along with the land comes 18 Hebridean ewes, a ram and this years lambs! We are also building a house on the site as well as managing jobs, family and everyday life so not a minutes rest (although we love it and know we are very lucky). This site was recommended to me by a friend so i have just registered today. I will be seeking sheep advice from you guys soon as i have some ram lambs that could be a problem if i don't shift them soon.
Cheers, Andy

Title: Re: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: RCTman on July 18, 2018, 08:43:48 pm

Hi and welcome :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: nimbusllama on July 19, 2018, 08:17:51 am

Hello and welcome to the best site around :wave: you will I am sure find it very useful, and we look forward to hearing about your new venture  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: Bionic on July 19, 2018, 08:51:15 am

Hello and welcome to the forum.  :wave:

Title: Re: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: Fleecewife on July 19, 2018, 09:03:02 am

Hello from Scotland  :wave: 


You can see from my avatar which breed of sheep we keep  :thumbsup: :hugsheep:


You'll need to get the male lambs out, if they are entire, when they are 41/2 to 5 months old, but they won't go for slaughter until they are 16 months, so about July-Aug next year after overwintering them.  So you need to separate them out into another field, in Aug for April born lambs.  If you don't have anywhere to keep them, you could sell them as stores for someone else to rear to slaughter. If your new flock is registered, then you can advertise the male lambs on the Hebridean Sheep Society website, as unreg stores

Title: Re: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: Rosemary on July 19, 2018, 09:10:47 am

Hello and welcome to TAS, from  :sunshine: Carnoustie  :wave:
Love your part of the world.

Title: Re: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: AndyShrops on July 19, 2018, 09:28:38 am

Hi and thanks to everyone for the welcome.  Special thanks to fleecewife for the advice on my ram lambs. I do have another field so will separate them out soon and decide what to do going forward.

Title: Re: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: Lesley Silvester on July 20, 2018, 12:21:11 am

Hi Andy from just up the hill in Madeley. I don't know much about sheep apart from how to spin the wool.  :spin:

Title: Re: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: AndyShrops on July 20, 2018, 06:01:31 am

Hi Goat Woman. I have some of this years fleeces from the Hebrideans if you want some?

Title: Re: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: Lesley Silvester on July 20, 2018, 11:50:46 pm

Hi Andy


My head is saying I already have far too many but my heart is saying, "Oh yes please." :spin: [size=78%][/size]It's not a fleece I've spun before. If you PM me your address and when is convenient, I can come and collect. I now only need to live to be 125 and I should get all my fleeces spun. [size=78%][/size] :roflanim:

Title: Re: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: Bionic on July 21, 2018, 01:31:55 pm

Go for it MGM

Title: Re: Hello from Shropshire
Post by: Lesley Silvester on July 21, 2018, 08:44:50 pm

Quote from: Bionic on July 21, 2018, 01:31:55 pm

Go for it MGM

Go for living to be 125 or get all the spinning done?  :roflanim: