Author Topic: Herdwicks  (Read 2646 times)

Chris63red

  • Joined Dec 2011
Herdwicks
« on: May 08, 2013, 11:12:39 pm »
Anyone here got Herdwick's any information greatly received, thinking of purchasing.. :thinking:
I know they are quite a hardy breed mountain sheep from Cumbria (Lake district) but I would like to know more about the characteristics / traits of this breed.


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Alicenz

  • Joined Apr 2013
Re: Herdwicks
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2013, 09:29:42 am »
Ive seen in the British Country Living magazine articles about these beautiful sheep.  If you went onto their website you could probably trace these articles and find the people that they interviewed.  It was a fair few years ago, but i expect the info will still be there good luck, if we had them in NZ I'd want some!

Pedwardine

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • South Lincolnshire
Re: Herdwicks
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2013, 09:53:59 am »
All I know about them is unless purchasing young stock they are 'heft to the land' which means they stay to the land they've grown up on. Handsome beasties though. I think Remy has Herdwicks.

 

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