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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« on: December 29, 2011, 06:25:41 pm »
And you thought I'd never do it, didn't you tizaala!

Sorry about the quality : it's dingy in the hemel and I'm not putting them out till Saturday - we're forecast some evil stuff tonight and tomorrow.

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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

kanisha

  • Joined Dec 2007
    • Spered Breizh Ouessants
    • Facebook
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2011, 06:46:37 pm »
congratulations!! ;D :trophy: :thumbsup:
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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2011, 07:03:03 pm »
Excellent  ;D Four wethers? What does Davy think about them being in his stable  :D
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2011, 07:23:57 pm »
Quote from: jaykay on December 29, 2011, 07:03:03 pm
Excellent  ;D Four wethers? What does Davy think about them being in his stable  :D
Yes, 4 wethers, 2010-born.  They have very little condition on them, they won't be taking that one-way trip anytime soon.
What Davy doesn't know... there've been all sorts of critters in his stable over the last months while the cubicle shed was refurbished!  Calves, cow and calf, calving cow, lambs, ewes, and now the CM wethers.  I nearly farrowed Meg in there but the weather turned kindly!  Next year's project (or one of them) is to refurb the pony stables so I can actually use them for ponies!  (Earth floors are fine for occasional use but not much fun for every night use for a half-a-ton of native gelding who eats all his straw.  ::))
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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: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2011, 08:58:09 pm »
Congratulations! Bet you get hooked and have a lambing flock by this time next year  :thumbsup:
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2011, 12:15:13 am »
At last indeed !!!!!!  They look lovely Sally  :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep:  I bet you can hardly wait til shearing time to get your hands on those fleeces  ;D
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2011, 12:35:27 am »
Quote from: Rosemary on December 29, 2011, 08:58:09 pm
Congratulations! Bet you get hooked and have a lambing flock by this time next year  :thumbsup:
Thank you.  Yes, I'm a fair way to hooked already - and I do hope you're right!   :love: :sheep: :sheep:

Quote from: Fleecewife on December 30, 2011, 12:15:13 am
At last indeed !!!!!!  They look lovely Sally  :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :sheep:  I bet you can hardly wait til shearing time to get your hands on those fleeces  ;D
Thank you Juliet.  And you're right, I have hand-clipped them in my head already  :D 

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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

feldar

  • Joined Apr 2011
    • lymington hampshire
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2011, 11:54:41 am »
They look fiesty little characters!   well done
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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2011, 06:21:21 pm »
I saw them this afternoon and they are very beautiful......I'm rather tempted  :D Maybe I'll try some Castlemilk/Shetland crosses  :) Would the ewes have horns do you think?
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colliewoman

  • Joined Jul 2011
    • Pilton
  • Caution! May spontaneously talk rabbits!
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2011, 06:49:52 pm »
This is what shetland X castlemilks look like ;D





I have 5 ewes, 2 are polled, 1 is horned and the other 2 have scurs. :sheep: :sheep:
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colliewoman

  • Joined Jul 2011
    • Pilton
  • Caution! May spontaneously talk rabbits!
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2011, 06:51:17 pm »
How rude of me!
Sally they are adorable! :love: :love:
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We'll turn the dust to soil,
Turn the rust of hate back into passion.
It's not water into wine
But it's here, and it's happening.
Massive,
but passive.


Bring the peace back

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2011, 07:00:45 pm »
Thank you colliewoman - and your crossbreds are beautiful too  :love:

And thank you too jaykay - they've just managed to stand and look at some other visitors too, so I think (fingers crossed) they'll settle down well.
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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

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2011, 07:09:48 pm »
Colliewoman, they are rather nice  ;D Sally, you need some females now, definitely  :D
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Miss Piggy

  • Joined Mar 2011
    • Cardigan Bay, Ceredigion
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2011, 07:48:08 pm »
Congratulations, look forward to hearing all about them. Don't know much about sheep but enjoy reading about other peoples and learning as I read.  :xmas: :xmas:
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Brucklay

  • Joined Apr 2010
    • Perthshire
    • Brucklay Pygmy Goats
    • Facebook
Re: At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2011, 09:15:24 pm »
Sally your boys look lovely - looking forward to seeing some outside pictures - although bet they are enjoying the shelter
CollieWoman - lovely to see your x's - I have 2 Castlemilks and 2 shetlands with a Castlemilk ram lamb - think he's doing something - will have to wait and see - so hopefully I may have a couple of x's like your next spring
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Pygmy Goats, Shetland Sheep, Zip & Indie the Border Collies, BeeBee the cat and a wreak of a building to renovate!!
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