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CrazySheep

  • Joined Apr 2016
  • Aberdeenshire
Hello from Aberdeenshire
« on: February 17, 2017, 05:03:49 pm »
 :wave: Hi all,

We keep a small flock of sheep up in the North East of Scotland and are now in our 5th year. My wife is a keen hand spinner which led us to start our own flock. Funny that we started with 2 to and have ended up with a flock of around 30, mostly a mix of registered and unregistered Shetland sheep.

We mainly concentrate on fleece production and with the aim of improving the quality of the wool. The unregistered Shetlands are put to a heavier crossing ram, a Grey Faced Dartmoor, to produce bigger lambs which always sell on well at the mart.

Our lambs are sold either privately or through the local mart at Thainstone. We also sell a few for the freezer and let the lambs grow on to either hogget or mutton for a bigger carcass with a richer flavour.

Our flock consists mainly of Shetlands but we have kept a few odd sheep as we "test drove" a few different breeds before settling on Shetlands. So we have a few Black Welsh Mountains, a Jacob and a couple of Grey Faced Dartmoors which being big softies we couldn't bear to part with.

Looking forward to joining in the conversation regarding all things sheep related.

We also keep bantam Scots Dumpy chickens but that's another story!

MischieMoo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Moray
Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2017, 09:49:30 pm »
Hello from Moray. :wave:

We have 16 Shetland/Gotland crosses which is also good for hand spinning.

mojocafa

  • Joined Sep 2012
  • Angus
Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2017, 08:05:04 am »
 :wave: from arbroath
pygmy goats, gsd, border collie, scots dumpys, cochins, araucanas, shetland ducks and geese,  marrans, and pea fowl in a pear tree.

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2017, 09:14:47 am »
Hello and welcome from  :gloomy: Carnoustie  :wave: (I'm not gloomy, just the weather)

NotQuiteASmallHolder

  • Joined Feb 2017
  • Hillside, Montrose, Angus
Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2017, 09:45:02 am »
 Hello from Montrose :wave:

clydesdaleclopper

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2017, 06:46:28 pm »
Another hello from Aberdeenshire from a fellow fleece breeder  ;D


I have a lovely Gotland ram for sale if I can temp you  :innocent:
Our holding has Anglo Nubian and British Toggenburg goats, Gotland sheep, Franconian Geese, Blue Swedish ducks, a whole load of mongrel hens and two semi-feral children.

Steph Hen

  • Joined Jul 2013
  • Angus Scotland.
Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2017, 07:51:30 am »
Hello from Angus  :wave:

Polyanya

  • Joined Mar 2015
  • Shetland
    • The Creative Croft
    • Facebook
Re: Hello from Aberdeenshire
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2017, 11:01:29 am »
Hi there - I'm from a Shetland croft and keep Shetland sheep for meat and fantastic fleece and for their ease. Welcome  :wave:
In the depths of winter, I found there was in me an invincible summer - Camus

www.thecreativecroft.co.uk

 

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