best mules for heathland

[Ysgythan]

In simple terms
NCC Park Type, big heavy boned terminal sire no horns and a big roman nose
NCC Lairg Type half way between a Park and a South type giving the best attributes of both some tips have horns most dont, narrower head
Hill Cheviot or South type is a smaller woolier stocky type with a short square head, tips have horns

Yes but then you have the St Boswell type...

 

[Ysgythan]

Been poking around the Cheviot Society website. Well, what do you know?..............
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Good old Lincolns - they got everywhere

I do love a good “history” on a website. Somewhere between Trump and Comical Ali, totally subjective “it must be true I’ve been told...”

 

[Nithsdale]

Yes but then you have the St Boswell type...

And the Caithness type... or there's an Irish one too

 

[yellowbelly]

And the Caithness type... or there's an Irish one too

..............and a Welsh one.............
http://brecknockhillcheviotsheep.co.uk/farmers/index.html

Is there no end to them

Are all the other sorts covered by the same breed society?

 

[Sheep92]

Wicklow Cheviot and Donegal Cheviot

 

[Ysgythan]

And the Brecknock Hill Cheviot

 

[Guiggs]

@yellowbelly Don't bother with all those confusing cheviots, most of them are wild anyway
Get yourself some lleyns... Just be careful where you source them from

 

[Old Tip]

@yellowbelly Don't bother with all those confusing cheviots, most of them are wild anyway
Get yourself some lleyns... Just be careful where you source them from

Thinks there’s more variety it the Lleyn’s than the Cheviots in my humble opinion

 

[Guiggs]

Thinks there’s more variety it the Lleyn’s than the Cheviots in my humble opinion

You're probably right, I sourced my foundation ewes from 4 flocks and had to cull a lot... far to many and it's only now I'm happy with them, that's because apart from a handful my whole flock is home bred.
I'm not knocking the cheviot, i brought a few in the early days and I've got one left, she was marked for culling but I kept her, cracking ewe, they just don't like being near people... they just run through you not around, but they do a grand job with their lambs... I'd definitely have them again given the right circumstances!

 

[Ysgythan]

Thinks there’s more variety it the Lleyn’s than the Cheviots in my humble opinion

Well there’s the Cheviot Lleyn, the Texel Lleyn, the Border Leicester Lleyn, the Dorset Lleyn...

 

[Norfolk Hill Farmer]

IMO there are good and bad examples of all breeds and choice of breed isn't necessarily the OP biggest issue, getting the right type with the best genetics for that ground would be the priority, @Guiggs post above illustrates this well.

 

[Ysgythan]

IMO there are good and bad examples of all breeds and choice of breed isn't necessarily the OP biggest issue, getting the right type with the best genetics for that ground would be the priority, @Guiggs post above illustrates this well.

Look at your neighbours and see what does the business and what doesn’t? Revolutionary, but might just work...