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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: lesbri on June 01, 2015, 06:59:06 pm

Title: Romney sheep
Post by: lesbri on June 01, 2015, 06:59:06 pm

I bought a few orphan lambs last year which were romneys and have been very impressed with them and their lovely fleeces. Does anyone else on here keep romneys, pros and cons of them? Any thoughts?  :wave:

Title: Re: Romney sheep
Post by: verdifish on June 01, 2015, 07:51:05 pm

Worked in a farm with a few thousand and great sheep nut they were the NZ genetics Romneys ! I'd love some If I could afford them !

Title: Re: Romney sheep
Post by: Marches Farmer on June 01, 2015, 08:07:20 pm

Reputed to be very hardy and have good feet.

Title: Re: Romney sheep
Post by: Sbom on June 01, 2015, 10:32:36 pm

I have NZ Romneys, they are fab sheep. They thrive on grass alone, lamb themselves easily and are great mothers. They are suited to outdoor lambing perfectly and they are the most independent sheep I've ever worked with. They take themselves off somewhere sheltered and you just find them with big lambs up and sucking, I never had to pull one out of 85 ewes   :thumbsup: plus lambs growing well and ewes looking great, hoping to get 8 wk weights tomorrow (if the hurricane passes!)

Title: Re: Romney sheep
Post by: lesbri on June 02, 2015, 09:05:05 pm

Thanks for the input guys. Am seriously thinking about getting some more. Sbom, do you ever have tup lambs or breeding ewes for sale?  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Romney sheep
Post by: Bionic on June 02, 2015, 10:41:47 pm

Lovely fleece to spin  :spin:

Title: Re: Romney sheep
Post by: Sbom on June 03, 2015, 08:40:34 am

All mine are crossed to a terminal sire for now so not at the moment