unless your lambs were excellent terminal sire type tupps that will give fantastic meat lambs?
its a worry for anyone with traditional type beasts, that they may escape to a commercial herd, there will be no thanks, and a loss to the commercial farmer as he sells either by kg or by pedigree.
you could compensate by offering to buy the lambs from your tupps at his usual selling rate. bear in mind some sheep go for thousands
but at this time of year, are his not already pregnant?
Lambs from a terminal sire on a non-meat ewe lamb will do her considerable damage; mowhaugh's probably right and he'll want to get them injected.
At the main Swaledale breeding female sales, there are separate classes for Crossed and Uncrossed draft ewes. Uncrossed (only ever been bred to a Swale tup) fetch more money as they haven't been worn out to the extent that a Crossed ewe of the same age would be.
And yes, the problem is that any breeding females
meantto be in lamb this year will already
be in lamb; any not in lamb already were not intended to lamb as hoggs.
I agree, it's probably a very good idea to pay a visit, be apologetic, build bridges and mend fences.
And if you
don't have insurance, get some. Aren't we all supposed to have public liability insurance at the very least, in case of livestock getting on the road and causing an accident?