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[Anymulewilldo]

View attachment 986457View attachment 986458If anyone is feeling down that you haven’t got sheep as smart as @Anymulewilldo has, well it could be worse you could be (un)proud owner of these beautiful creatures for 4 to his 1! (Not the Suffolk who photobombed it!)

They look well!

 

[Estate fencing.]

They look well!

Thanks. They will do a job. For £6000 for 150 they are a cheap way of going up in numbers. Buy a couple of bfl tup next year. They are just not very pretty!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Thanks. They will do a job. For £6000 for 150 they are a cheap way of going up in numbers. Buy a couple of bfl tup next year. They are just not very pretty!

The joy of that is come April/May, anything not up too scratch can be hung up for a tidy profit and leave a smart packet of shearlings

 

[Estate fencing.]

The joy of that is come April/May, anything not up too scratch can be hung up for a tidy profit and leave a smart packet of shearlings

That’s the plan. Kill what every isn’t good enough for has had problems at shearing, leaving about 120 to keep at very little cost.

 

[mghley]

Thanks. They will do a job. For £6000 for 150 they are a cheap way of going up in numbers. Buy a couple of bfl tup next year. They are just not very pretty!

Each man to his own, a very wise old man told me on more than one occasion “it’s not always the pretty or expensive ones that leave the profit”

 

[Moors Lad]

not the silvery faced little bodied narrow shoulder types which are shyte

Best keep my conversion to Cheviot Mules to myself, could end up getting strung up from the nearest tree with a baying crowd at my feet !

Aye, if you quote the "silvery faced" etc. bit you may even end up in The Tower of London.....
Enjoy your day - they`re not a bad bunch really!!

 

[Skintagain]

Anyone at gisburn today?

 

[hill shepherd]

I know nothing about swales (some would say I know nothing in general ) but do people only sell there worst swale gimmer lambs?
Surely if you went to the effort of keeping swale ewe pure you would keep all the best lambs a home.
If this is true at £100 average they are mental but if most are good sheep £100 doesn't sound to bad for mule breeders.

Alot of swale breeders that sell at Middleton don't breed mules so they have a surplus of decent swale lambs. We tend to breed just enough swales for ourselves so we can cross more with BFL, but sometimes buy a pen or two of good lambs from Middleton to replace any little shots of our own that we don't want

 

[hill shepherd]

It doesn’t bugger them up as such but it does alter them a lot and doesn’t half take it out of them and age them. If you imagine it’s one thing buggering a bout on a fell with a single little swaley lamb to cater for compared to having a pair of big mule lambs sucking them inbye. Usually a swale ewe is best put to the Leicester tup around three crop otherwise it just buggers her up as before that age she is still growing out and developing strength. This is why swale draft ewes are so dear. Theoretically you would think it’s better to go out and buy shearlings or gimmer lambs for replacements to breed mule lambs but it isn’t and if you do that you aren’t straight into action if you follow me. They really need to be three crop then go to Leicester

 

[Jimdog1]

Well I’m off to continue my sheep education today. Couldn’t face Leek, but I’m going to see Yorkshire’s finest Swale breeders show there best at Hawes market, 22 classes of Swales all in aid of the Air Ambulance. I’m told it will be one of the most prestigious shows of sheep shown in recent years.
Best keep my conversion to Cheviot Mules to myself, could end up getting strung up from the nearest tree with a baying crowd at my feet !

Could you take some pictures of a few pens? Tia.

 

[Lincs]

Anyone at Melton today?

Yes was at Melton. But couldn’t stop all day so only saw the first half sold. Some nice sheep about. Full mouth ewes looked expensive to me compared to the shearlings/theaves. I bought a few ewelambs for more than i wanted to pay but needed to get some

 

[hill shepherd]

Could you take some pictures of a few pens? Tia.

Before these pictures appear on here can I just say that not everyone's swales are like the ones that I imagine might be winning prizes at Hawes. If I wasn't computer illiterate I'd take some photos of what I got yesterday and put them on here. Might have to get Mrs Hill Shepherd to do that sometime

 

[Estate fencing.]

Before these pictures appear on here can I just say that not everyone's swales are like the ones that I imagine might be winning prizes at Hawes. If I wasn't computer illiterate I'd take some photos of what I got yesterday and put them on here. Might have to get Mrs Hill Shepherd to do that sometime

Can you draw? We like a good drawing!

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Was going to show you what 800£ tups looked like from ua, buy can't get pics up, all tups were a good trade nothing below 500, bfl very expensive, mostly 800+.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

 

[backin black]

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Thought Kelso looked expensive last week but UA was definitely dearer for quality on show!

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Defo, ewe lmb men have alot of money to play with and sfp payments last week, so no need to hold back, farmers favorite think is spending money.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Gave £700 for this yesterday afternoon at Bentham

 

[Greythundercloudys]

I normally would want 2 for 800 but changed days, probably need one more, so will be back in a fortnight, just have to buy 100 odd ewes next and get some flesh on my cast to help pay for them.

 

[Estate fencing.]

Defo, ewe lmb men have alot of money to play with and sfp payments last week, so no need to hold back, farmers favorite think is spending money.

Sfp? I didn’t think that came until December. That will push up breeders if it’s come already.