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Good sheep but as said the lambs can be a bit pink and bare to TX , put plastic macs on a lot this year for the first time . Very similar to a mule , a better shaped lamb and mouths last longer

400 chev & chev mule almost finished after 3 wks , 800 hill northies just started . Plus 35 cows calving , 2 old men both past retirement

Ramadan starts on sun 10th until the 9th apr so prices should improve end of march first week in apr ??

I've not sold sheep at Ramadan since 2019 and am wondering if there is still a big jump in plainer type cull ewe prices during this time especially towards the end , there was always a big jump in prices in the third week

Dad had grape vines growing in greenhouses and any dead lambs had to be buried under the vines to feed them

Have put and seen highlands inside to finish , sheds as open as you can make them and clipping back and tail

The ewe alert i think will be taken on board by the army of small holders out there

You have pointed out breeds that were bred by scientific methods BUT only ever had very limited numbers and say that ones bred by shepherds have stood the test of time , BUT before mules Half breds were the queen of sheep (scotch ) and had been around for a couple of hundred years ( Border...

I lost enthusiasm for milking cows in my early 20's after doing it at home and for others , moved to sheep and beef and was never happier

It seems the animal rights group had been preparing for 5 days to rescue the sheep with the farmers permission then the farmer told cammy to go a head , the rights people had a place at an animal sanctuary where it would live out its days , and they don' want it put on display at Dalscone...

Have a look at LANTRA scotland they may still do courses ( did mine through them in 2005 ) or point you in the right direction for the dipping license . The disposal licence try SEPA or QMS

They tried in the 80's crossed them with gritstone and produced a polled sbf but the breeders resisted there was one flock of polled sbf . Now they have horns so wide they struggle down a race

Have a look on face book NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT N I CLUB

Southies still sell to Wales both from Lockerbie and Wales & Border ram sales ( scottish rams go down ) and i would say the Brecknock still has a cheviot head , just like the big Wicklow cheviots have the head but a terrible body . Southie's (hill cheviots now ) were taken to Caithness &...

Archbank ?

In the early 80's ABRO were measuring scrotal size in ram lambs and then producing daughters from the largest and smallest scrotal size ,don't remember exact difference but there was a difference in lambing %

One misty morning i came to the top of a small hill and 5 foxes were just below me on a dead ewe

Just reading the news , Stoke fruit farm on Hayling Island had cases of people taking nude photo's in their sunflower field . So be on the lookout Spin and if your lucky !! BUT non of us want you to have any ideas for miss April

Speak to your vet maybe send pictures and tell them any symptoms eg high temp , shallow breathing , lagging back and struggling to breath when gathered or driven , any limp , hard udder ? are their teeth ok not missing or loose ? what age are they ? maggots ? could be something or...

AH Jenny Agutter :love: in Logans Run , soilent green comes to life , at least they were 30 before their time came :ROFLMAO: