Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
You want to be careful with the predictive text there @Hilly , an ex is a has been and a spurt is a drip under pressure. I’m sure that doesn’t apply to @Frank-the-Wool
Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts
- Thread starter Anymulewilldo
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You must be the master, I’ve never seen Romney look like yours. Must really like that hill ground. The flock next door is 5500 of them, they did try going shedding but are going back to Romney again now.
I do wish my dead bin man would hurry up and call in.
Balancing stuff on top at the moment is like playing carcas jenga!!!
Balancing stuff on top at the moment is like playing carcas jenga!!!
- Location
- Scottish Borders
What’s this tight skinned Romney you talk
about ? That would be interesting!
But I don’t have the shitie arsed type, you just keep them up there !
I do wish my dead bin man would hurry up and call in.
Balancing stuff on top at the moment is like playing carcas jenga!!!
- Location
- Scottish Borders
I’ve heard it said by others that you could dig a hole in a secluded spot, and just use that !I do wish my dead bin man would hurry up and call in.
Balancing stuff on top at the moment is like playing carcas jenga!!!
Doesn’t happen here obviously!
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Aren’t the maggots making it less yet?I do wish my dead bin man would hurry up and call in.
Balancing stuff on top at the moment is like playing carcas jenga!!!
They were, but this week I'm putting it in faster than they can process it!!
Maggots? It was 3°c here this morning and sleeting where are you finding maggots 
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Maggots? It was 3°c here this morning and sleeting where are you finding maggots
Same here. It's clearly not as grim up north as they claim...
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Fair frost this morning iced up
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Not seen any maggots here just yet but a lot of blow flies around anything deadMaggots? It was 3°c here this morning and sleeting where are you finding maggots
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
No maggots in, or flies around, my dead box yet. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a block of ice in the middle tbh.
I'm not stick my arm into it to find out though.
I'm not stick my arm into it to find out though.
- Location
- North of Perth
FFS ! Second caesarean in 12 hours.need this like a hole in the head.
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Drier in Lauderdale! Not much heat about though !
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- JanDeGrootLand
So whaat your Romneys like? Are there sub types in the breed?.
As I said the NZ type I got and his offspring are disappointing me. Shitty arsed, not that fleshy, in fact his nickname is Arseless. What I was used to so many years ago was like Caithness park cheviot on steroids. Wool was a tight long staple not like a Lincoln Longwool.
Second year lambing to him and good vigor not much help needed.
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- JanDeGrootLand
Its the wind that's the potential killer. Last night put those lambed up to 3 days old inside. Gale force with vicious showers. Went out at first light wind and before 6 had 7 lambed. The none bitch in difficulty took over an hour to corner, then took off leaving her lamb. Another hour to coral her and remove a dead deformed lamb. All the joy of lambing.
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once looked at a farm in that part of the country. Pretty sure it was called Boon, this would early 90'sDrier in Lauderdale! Not much heat about though !
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- JanDeGrootLand
Hi @Bill dog .What’s this tight skinned Romney you talk
about ? That would be interesting!
But I don’t have the shitie arsed type, you just keep them up there !
Firstly the Romney I am on about, we had IIRC from 1969 to 75 was a big framed Fleshy beast, with a super nature.
Wool was a tight crimp long staple, cant remember the micron, but wool graders were impressed. After lambing over I will search for, i'm sure there's a pic of him. He was supposed to be a genuine Mash sheep. Would there have been two types of Romney then?