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Blackbird

  • Joined Jul 2012
New to all this!
« on: July 06, 2012, 01:06:10 pm »
Hello everyone! I've been lurking on here for ages waiting for the purchase of our land to come through and you seem like a lovely friendly bunch. We've just bought approx 4 acres of grazing land with stables, haybarn and animal shelter. We are sharing the land with friends who have 3 ponies.

We are just about to purchase some sheep from a local breeder. We'd intended initially just to have 3 wether Grey-Face Dartmoors as lawnmowers/hobby sheep and to rotate the land (we're vegetarian so sheep will have a home for life with us). Once we went to see the sheep, we became attracted by some different options and are buying an older Dartmoor ewe with her own wether plus one other Dartmoor wether. We're also buying a Shetland ewe and another wether - Hebridean/Longwool cross (I know, an odd choice).

We're new to sheep but our land neighbour is very experienced, we've read books and are going on a sheep husbandry course very soon (after all, everyone's got to start somewhere).

Very excited and looking forward to sharing experiences (and seeking advice) on TAS.  :fc:
Where are we going - and why am I in this handcart?

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: New to all this!
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2012, 01:08:53 pm »
Welcome Blackbird from a wet Wales  :wave:
Sally
Life is like a bowl of cherries, mostly yummy but some dodgy bits

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: New to all this!
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2012, 01:20:44 pm »
Welcome from sunny Carnoustie  :wave:

in the hills

  • Joined Feb 2012
Re: New to all this!
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2012, 01:45:15 pm »
 :wave:  Hi and welcome from a more than wet Powys.


We've only kept sheep for a couple of years and have found the sheepie forum a really useful and friendly place to be.


Good luck

plumseverywhere

  • Joined Apr 2013
  • Worcestershire
    • Its Baaath Time
    • Facebook
Re: New to all this!
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2012, 01:59:53 pm »
Hello from Worcestershire  :wave:


our first year of keeping our own sheep. Ours are lawnmowers too, my husband being vegetarian. We've had other peoples grazing here for 3 years on and off but bit the bullet this January - not looked back, loads of friendly advice to be had on here  :)
Smallholding in Worcestershire, making goats milk soap for www.itsbaaathtime.com and mum to 4 girls,  goats, sheep, chickens, dog, cat and garden snails...

Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Durham
Re: New to all this!
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2012, 02:04:10 pm »
Hello and welcome from a flooding Durham  :wave:

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: New to all this!
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2012, 02:09:21 pm »
Welcome Blackbird  :wave: and congratulations on buying your land. :thumbsup:  How exciting, choosing your sheep and getting everything set up  :)

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

The Mobile Butcher

  • Joined Jan 2010
  • Whitby North Yorkshire
Re: New to all this!
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2012, 09:12:08 am »
Hello from Whitby -North Yorkshire
Best of luck with your new venture.
 :wave:
Paul - The Mobile Butcher

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: New to all this!
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2012, 11:10:49 pm »
 :wave:  Hi Blackbird, and welcome from soggy Shropshire.

sabrina

  • Joined Nov 2008
Re: New to all this!
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2012, 09:19:10 pm »
 :wave: Welcome from Gamrie near Banff

 

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