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<blockquote data-quote="Dry Rot" data-source="post: 7900574" data-attributes="member: 4505"><p>Well, that's a revelation! I never did believe in clubs and societies anyway! Nor sheep, come to that. Four ewes lined up to be lambed at 3am, me with a bad back, sub zero temperatures, horizontal sleet, convinced me about out door lambing. So I think I'll give primitive sheep (collectively) a miss, even if they are easy lambing. I think I'll have to think this out again. </p><p></p><p>At the present, I am breeding an old fashioned traditional breed of chicken for the pot and that is working well. Used to be free range and roosting in the trees but neighbour's dog and foxes drove them inside. I've loved breeding and training Highland ponies which are highly profitable at the moment, but the required (human) females are grossly unreliable, if mostly charming. Handling animals each weighing over half a tonne in my eighties is getting a bit much.</p><p></p><p>Maybe just let the grass, put my feet up and grow fat....? I can still do my share of fencing. Harrowing horse muck today if it stays mild.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dry Rot, post: 7900574, member: 4505"] Well, that's a revelation! I never did believe in clubs and societies anyway! Nor sheep, come to that. Four ewes lined up to be lambed at 3am, me with a bad back, sub zero temperatures, horizontal sleet, convinced me about out door lambing. So I think I'll give primitive sheep (collectively) a miss, even if they are easy lambing. I think I'll have to think this out again. At the present, I am breeding an old fashioned traditional breed of chicken for the pot and that is working well. Used to be free range and roosting in the trees but neighbour's dog and foxes drove them inside. I've loved breeding and training Highland ponies which are highly profitable at the moment, but the required (human) females are grossly unreliable, if mostly charming. Handling animals each weighing over half a tonne in my eighties is getting a bit much. Maybe just let the grass, put my feet up and grow fat....? I can still do my share of fencing. Harrowing horse muck today if it stays mild.:) [/QUOTE]
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