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HappyHippy

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Help to identify sheep that were at the festival
« on: October 01, 2012, 11:45:29 pm »
Hiya folks,
Hoping some of you sheep folk can help identify a couple of sheep OH saw at Forfar on Sunday  :fc:

I don't have much info  ::)
They were white, there were 2 in the pen - 1 male, one female, they were MASSIVE and the female had a rasta style haircut  ???

Anybody ?


Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Help to identify sheep that were at the festival
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2012, 11:14:21 am »
Yep. Alex Wilson, The Red House, Freuchie Fife KY15 7EZ. Wensleydales - his ewe was Reserve Champion.

Stunning sheep.

HappyHippy

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Re: Help to identify sheep that were at the festival
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2012, 11:54:40 am »
Thanks  :-*
Bruce was very impressed with the size of them - think he's thinking 'lamb chops'  :yum: ::)

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Help to identify sheep that were at the festival
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2012, 01:03:38 pm »
Those lovely long fleeces draggle in the mud Karen, which is why we have never kept them for spinning   :sheep:
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
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    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Help to identify sheep that were at the festival
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2012, 06:01:14 pm »
A few have recently arrived on the moorland farm where I used to be; they're to breed with Swales to produce something akin to a Masham, I think. 

I share your thought about that long fleece and mud, though, FW...
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ukag0972

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Argyll
Re: Help to identify sheep that were at the festival
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2012, 06:18:28 pm »
I was tempted to buy one of them at the Caley rare breed sale! They were very funky looking, and I like the funky animals!!

mmu

  • Joined Aug 2011
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: Help to identify sheep that were at the festival
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2012, 09:13:25 am »
S'cuse my ignorance, but where's the Caley rare breed sale?  Those two were penned next to us, and I though they had a lot more bone than other Wensledales I'd seen..... They caused quite a lot of comment from passers by!
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