Author Topic: Ginger sheep (Read 8805 times)

zwartbles · « **on:** June 29, 2016, 06:08:21 am »

We appear to have a new breed of ginger sheep. Can anyone identify them please??

Womble · « **Reply #1 on:** June 29, 2016, 07:19:46 am »

You know you're a cute little heartbreaker
Foxy
You know you're a sweet little lovemaker
Foxy

I wanna take you home
I won't do you no harm (though that is perhaps somewhat debatable), no
You've got to be all mine, all mine
Ooh, foxy lady

(BTW, I've never seen a Zwartbles with horns before. Is she pure bred, or a cross?)

zwartbles · « **Reply #2 on:** June 29, 2016, 02:30:23 pm »

That's a Jacob-Dorset/ryeland cross wether that's in charge of the ram lambs!!

Womble · « **Reply #3 on:** June 29, 2016, 06:13:55 pm »

Quote from: zwartbles on June 29, 2016, 02:30:23 pm

That's a Jacob-Dorset/ryeland cross wether that's in charge of the ram lambs!!

And that is why I get ripped off at auctions

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Fleecewife · « **Reply #4 on:** June 29, 2016, 06:49:08 pm »

Quote from: zwartbles on June 29, 2016, 02:30:23 pm

That's a Jacob-Dorset/ryeland cross wether that's in charge of the ram lambs!!

That cross sounds as if it gives a lovely spinning fleece

. Do you use it for craftwork?

zwartbles · « **Reply #5 on:** June 30, 2016, 09:02:00 pm »

We only sell a handful of fleeces to crafters each year. Zwartbles shearling fleeces are popular because of staple length and crimp. Rest go to BWMB for 2p each

Fleecewife · « **Reply #6 on:** June 30, 2016, 09:26:32 pm »

Quote from: zwartbles on June 30, 2016, 09:02:00 pm

We only sell a handful of fleeces to crafters each year. Zwartbles shearling fleeces are popular because of staple length and crimp. Rest go to BWMB for 2p each

It could be worth having a good look at the wether cross's fleece as you could well be able to sell that as a speciality fleece. Better than 2p

waterbuffalofarmer · « **Reply #7 on:** June 30, 2016, 10:34:06 pm »

What???!!! 2P???!!! That is outrageous! Sorry for the rant

I sell my Lleyn fleeces about between £1.00 and 90p maybe per fleece? It would be better to see what prices the British wool marketing bord pay and try and sell em the fleeces, or at least look what they charge.

Fleecewife · « **Reply #8 on:** June 30, 2016, 11:21:03 pm »

The Wool Board is not fond of most black fleece, except top quality Shetland. Were we to send ours to them (Hebs) it would cost us more to have them collected than we would get, also to deliver them to the nearest collection point. I think it's to do with dyeing.

Buttermilk · « **Reply #9 on:** July 01, 2016, 06:23:09 am »

The BWMB is great if you take a trip to Bradford and they will sell you wonderful prepared fleece from any breed you could want. I feel really lucky as one of my zwartble rams has a fleece the spinners really like and I sold this years for £10, I only wanted £3 to cover shearing costs but a bidding war broke out at the guild meeting.