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    shedding sheep and trading standards

    Anyone ever been told that wool from your shedding sheep needs collecting from fields for composting, sent to landfill etc? So traipsing across 300 acres picking up all scraps of wool... this seems a little excessive. Yes it's technically a byproduct but I dont know anyone else who's been told...
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    What Rare breed would you avoid and why? (follow on from what would you keep)

    Thank you so much everyone for answering the last question because everyone was so helpful I've been sent back with two new questions. Question 1: What breed on the RBST watchlist would you avoid at all costs and why? Question 2: What do you think puts people off rare breed livestock? Ingrained...
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    If you had to choose a rare breed

    My God daughter is doing a school project on food production. She has chosen to look into what makes people choose the breed(s) they have and why. The question she's decided on is if you had to pick a breed on the RBST watchlist which one would you pick and why? In the scenario, there are no...
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    Land or shed wanted Anglesey for lambing from mid Feb / 1st March

    Land or shed needed on Anglesey due to non renewal of our lambing site. Been given notice yesterday for the 1st of March. We're due to start lambing on 22nd of Feb with the rest on 1st March onwards. Circa 60 ewes. Will consider anywhere on Anglesey or close to the bridges on the mainland...
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    Belted Galloways or something else?

    So the other half has started looking at cows..... It was only a matter of time haha. its better than Llamas but thats a whole other story. The preferred breed so far is belted Galloways, our land ranges from marshland/ salt marsh through to normal type grassland and very sandy almost dune like...
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    Sheep suggestions

    Looking into getting rid of the liveries and increasing the number of sheep here and looking for some ideas. Land is a mixture of very light sandy almost sand dune type soil, marsh / wetland and normal grassland. Current sheep are whitefaced woodlands, norfork horn, portland (don't really want...
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