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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: maddy on June 19, 2013, 03:47:46 pm

Title: Coloured Ryeland Shearlings wanted
Post by: maddy on June 19, 2013, 03:47:46 pm
I am looking for 2 coloured ryeland shearlings, registered and good quality, ready for tupping this autumn.

Will travel from East Sussex to Devon/Hereford/Wales and around that area.

Many thanks.
Title: Re: COLOURED RYELAND SHEARLINGS wanted
Post by: thenovice on June 19, 2013, 06:00:37 pm
Do you have to have rylands? You are in prime southdown territory!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: COLOURED RYELAND SHEARLINGS wanted
Post by: maddy on June 19, 2013, 06:24:20 pm
Afraid so - I have fallen in love with them!
Title: Re: COLOURED RYELAND SHEARLINGS wanted
Post by: thenovice on June 19, 2013, 06:27:19 pm
There is an advert with Rylands for sale on Preloved, from Surrey
Title: Re: COLOURED RYELAND SHEARLINGS wanted
Post by: Bionic on June 20, 2013, 09:29:27 am
Afraid so - I have fallen in love with them!
Maddy, I don't think you will de disappointed either. I love my girls, 3 coloureds and 2 white plus 4 lambs
Title: Re: Coloured Ryeland Shearlings wanted
Post by: maddy on June 20, 2013, 09:33:39 am
Can I ask - have you got 2 rams? 1 white and 1 coloured or how do you cope with the two different colours?  Does the Ryeland breed society frown if you put white ram with coloured etc?
Title: Re: Coloured Ryeland Shearlings wanted
Post by: Bionic on June 20, 2013, 09:50:23 am
Maddy, I do have a coloured and a white ram but these are lambs born this year which will need to find new homes  :(
The society definitely does frown upon breeding white with coloured and vice versa.
I was fortunate enough to be able to take my girls back to their original owner for a tupping holiday. She has a much larger flock and is able to keep white and coloured rams so mine were split into the appropriate groups at her end.
Title: Re: Coloured Ryeland Shearlings wanted
Post by: kaz on June 20, 2013, 06:47:39 pm
Hi Maddy,
Have you tried the Shadowland Flock, They are based in Essex, they might have something. Just Google them.
I haven't got anything only ewe lambs and they are not ready to leave mum yet.

There is always the show & sale in Ludlow Livestock Market Sat 24th August, that would be within your travelling distance and would have some choice.