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spidge

  • Joined Mar 2018
Got my first sheep!
« on: March 17, 2018, 09:11:05 pm »
Managed to grab my first 7 lambs at a good price at market today. Assuming these are a cross breed? Any suggestions which breeds?
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2018, 09:24:27 pm »
Congratulations!  :yippee:

They may be Texel cross out of Mules.  Or possibly Texel cross out of hill sheep - Blackies, Swaledales etc.

Whereabouts are you / which market?  That would inform a guess as to parentage ;)
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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

twizzel

  • Joined Apr 2012
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2018, 09:47:54 pm »
The front one looks like a blue texel  :-\
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spidge

  • Joined Mar 2018
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2018, 09:58:16 pm »
Got them from Sedgemoor Market, Somerset.
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2018, 09:21:12 am »
Quote from: twizzel on March 17, 2018, 09:47:54 pm
The front one looks like a blue texel  :-\

I thought that too. Might have a nice fleece :thinking: ... do you spin :spin:, [member=176849]spidge[/member] ?
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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

twizzel

  • Joined Apr 2012
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2018, 09:27:51 am »
I reckon the others are texel sired out of Suffolk mules. Seems a popular cross in the south west
« Last Edit: March 18, 2018, 11:47:21 am by twizzel »
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Sbom

  • Joined Jul 2012
    • Staffordshire
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2018, 09:54:25 am »
 :thumbsup:

Boy? Girls?

If girls it’s worth an udder check....
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2018, 11:38:05 am »
Quote from: twizzel on March 18, 2018, 09:27:51 am
I reckon the others are texel sided out of Suffolk mules. Seems a popular cross in the south west

Ah, yes - I think you're probably right
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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

shep53

  • Joined Jan 2011
    • Dumfries & Galloway
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2018, 12:26:11 pm »
Apart from the pure blue texel the others could be anything , look like maybe  a bit of Hampshire of  Suftex .  Well done for buying  a good price as prime Hoggs are at an all time high , so stores are expensive
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spidge

  • Joined Mar 2018
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2018, 11:26:02 pm »
Quote from: twizzel on March 17, 2018, 09:47:54 pm
The front one looks like a blue texel  :-\
Thats a ram
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spidge

  • Joined Mar 2018
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2018, 11:28:26 pm »
Quote from: Sbom on March 18, 2018, 09:54:25 am
:thumbsup:

Boy? Girls?

If girls it’s worth an udder check....
The one at the front is a ram. The rest are Ewes
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2018, 01:11:14 am »
Quote from: spidge on March 18, 2018, 11:26:02 pm
Quote from: twizzel on March 17, 2018, 09:47:54 pm
The front one looks like a blue texel  :-\
Thats a ram

Ram (entire) or wether (castrated}?
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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

twizzel

  • Joined Apr 2012
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2018, 09:34:10 am »
 :tired: :tired: :tired: hopefully it's castrated ! If not that might be why they were a good price as store hogs are flying at the moment  :yuck:
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roddycm

  • Joined Jul 2013
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2018, 05:58:17 pm »
what a lovely bunch! congratulations!! I agree the ram is a blue texel and the rest are mule texel x. Congrats again  :thumbsup:
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spidge

  • Joined Mar 2018
Re: Got my first sheep!
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2018, 06:01:26 pm »
Quote from: twizzel on March 19, 2018, 09:34:10 am
:tired: :tired: :tired: hopefully it's castrated ! If not that might be why they were a good price as store hogs are flying at the moment  :yuck:

Not castrated. I will be looking at moving him on ASAP. Don’t know if I should sell him as a useful ram or meat.
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