[Ladygrey]

On my bit of valley/hill in stroud I have a bunch of sheep being overwintered who arent worth anything/much and will be sorted out in June next year.

Among them are two pedigree shetland ewe lambs, I had pink eye go through my flock all summer which was terrible to be rid of and the shetlands got it worse out of any other breed.

This ewe lamb is fully healed and no infection left however is is now blind as a bat in one eye

Where I keep the shetlands its steep, with rivers, and ditches and banks and reeds, this isnt a good mix as at the moment I am having to pull the dim creature out of whatever its stuck in every single day

I am going to catch it and bring it home to the rest of the sheep in Reading tomorrow, and If I cant figure out what to do with it then unfortunately we will have it shot, this is due to welfare reasons because of the land we run on and the sheep she would have to live with.

She would have to live on her own for 2 weeks as the tups are still in so not very good welfare

She can see but looses the group of sheep and she gets stuck looking for them and ends up in the river whilst going for a drink

She would suit a smallholding with solid fences and no rivers or steep banks, her eye may heal, who knows but just wondered if anyone would be interested, I will probly keep her for a couple of weeks to give her the chance of finding a home

Her wool is the best out of all the lambs were, however she is 1/4 sheared at the moment as we had to cut her out of a bush

She is white, her mum was grey katmoget and dad was white, she is pedigree but I didnt register her

[sokel]

Too far for us otherwise we would have taken her, we are a soft touch for lambs/sheep with special needs

[Me]

Shear her then pop her in the shed for two-three weeks and then she wont get stuck any more or if her welfare is that poor put her in the freezer?

[sarahdean_66]

Hi where in reading would collection be im interested in her

[Ladygrey]

Thankyou for the replies,

Its not as much as a constant welfare issue, but when the lamb is getting stuck and looking its mates when they go to another part of the hill, its not ideal for her

Unfortunately I dont have a shed for her at the moment, the tups come out on the weekend and then she can be put in with the ewes that are on the flat grass, only thing wich may not work is that they are behind two strands of plain wire electric and not entirely sure she would stay in.

Also as she is a pure shetland lamb she is far too small to pop in the freezer

Thankyou for your reply SarahDean, She will be located in a small village called Stratfield Turgis, which is 6 miles south of Reading, very happy that you are interested in her! she is very lovely and very pretty, her eye may fully heal but she is not doing herself any favours running into bushes and streams

Many thanks

Jess

[sarahdean_66]

Thanks jess you are an hour n 40 ish from me so if no one else will have her I can but obviously along way to go! I have a 7acre Smalhold/animal rescue in Cambridgeshire she can live on with no real hazards. Not sure how quick I could come n get her.