icelandic ram wanted

[spin cycle]

as title

 

[DanM]

@spin cycle had you seen this on PL - be a good road trip mind!

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[spin cycle]

@spin cycle had you seen this on PL - be a good road trip mind!

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thanks for that .....you're not wrong about road trip..321 miles

 

[Bury the Trash]

@davieh3350 might know where / how to get one? a real mc coy one

 

[yellowbelly]

Has that one, you put a pic up of a couple of weeks ago, escaped already

 

[spin cycle]

Has that one, you put a pic up of a couple of weeks ago, escaped already

no it's died

 

[Bury the Trash]

How bout try your nearest Iceland for a frozen one

 

[davieh3350]

Maybe able to source one up here...

think they’re cross Hebridean. Certainly got their attitude.

some Icelandic sheep to keep you going, just back in and can’t be arsed to go back out to take pictures

 

[spin cycle]

wondering which 'north european short tailed sheep' might be closest relative ....it's for my helper ...aspiring smallholder.....found her ram dead this morning and trying to help

 

[Bury the Trash]

Maybe able to source one up here...

think they’re cross Hebridean. Certainly got their attitude.

some Icelandic sheep to keep you going, just back in and can’t be arsed to go back out to take pictures

Well What s the temp outside atm ?
but I bet they're all inside as well, them sheep.....

 

[Bury the Trash]

wondering which 'north european short tailed sheep' might be closest relative ....it's for my helper ...aspiring smallholder.....found her ram dead this morning and trying to help

They're all pretty much of a much ness I thought.

 

[spin cycle]

They're all pretty much of a much ness I thought.

wonder which one has the best quality fleece @delilah

 

[Bury the Trash]

wonder which one has the best quality fleece @delilah

Ah , i see they want it for the wool.

 

[spin cycle]

Ah , i see they want it for the wool.

and milk ...shetland ticks the wool bit

 

[davieh3350]

Well What s the temp outside atm ?
but I bet they're all inside as well, them sheep.....

Only minus two or so. -19 was the coldest so far.
The rams, 10 older ewes and 40 hoggs are inside since probably a fortnight ago, rest are outside. brought the ewes in on Wednesday night as it was potentially going to be pretty harsh wind with some snow and the holes haven’t filled with drift yet, but it came to nothing so they were turfed back out the next morning.
Not started to feed the ones outside yet, maybe this week as there’s more snow coming.
they come in for tupping around Christmas and then back out till may, then they come in get shorn a few weeks before laming and stay in till their lambs are a week or ten days old, or longer if it’s snowing.
Only get haylage, access to a salt lick and a shot of wormer.
they’ve got around a thousand acres per ewe to scrape about on.

 

[davieh3350]

wondering which 'north european short tailed sheep' might be closest relative ....it's for my helper ...aspiring smallholder.....found her ram dead this morning and trying to help

Hebridean have pretty good fleeces, good milk, great mothers, seen them walk into a field and head straight for docks to feed on, good crossed with a blackie (are you allowed to say that now?) you can train them to an electric fence, but they have no respect for inferior standard fences or poor netting fences.
Great characters. Actually a fun sheep to have.

 

[davieh3350]

They’re fairly rough and tough looking feckers

 

[clod hopper]

They’re fairly rough and tough looking feckers

They look like short tempered feckers too!

 

[davieh3350]

They look like short tempered feckers too!

They’re ok, got a dunt from one yesterday when I was clearing the slats, but generally good natured.