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andywalt

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • kent
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shetland x southdown !!
« on: April 27, 2011, 09:06:09 pm »
Hi all

I just thought i would show you the result of a shetland x southdown, we have a couple of shetlands and thought we wold put our smaller ram to them, they are just pets really, but what a cute outcome !!
Suffolk x romneys and Texel X with Romney Tup, Shetlands and Southdown Tup

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: shetland x southdown !!
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2011, 10:28:42 pm »
They certainly are cute.  Thanks for posting the pics.
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: shetland x southdown !!
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2011, 09:20:49 am »
Ayeskint used a Ryeland tup on Shetland ewes and got some nice lambs. The gimmers will be lambing this year but don't know how they have done.

 

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