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kirstyfern

Joined: 03 Jan 2010
Posts: 1574
Location: Great Dunmow, Essex

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 7:02 pm Post subject: Our sheep have arrived :)
We now have 4 Wiltshire Horn girls to keep 'The Devil' happy! 1 x Ewe lamb 1 x Sheerling 1 x 2yr ewe - in lamb 1 x 3yr ewe - in lamb He has already chased the sheerling around, tongue lolling, so he is having fun - and possibly more lambs in the summer Fingers crossed that the electric fence keeps them in tonight... Was getting dark today when they had settled so I'll take some pics tomorrow

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 7:57 pm Post subject:
starts wondering what the fleece is like on wiltshire horns. i can't help myself

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35139
Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 7:59 pm Post subject:
I have a bag of fleece for you sitting in my hall Toggle. Shall I stow it away for now?

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 8:01 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

I have a bag of fleece for you sitting in my hall Toggle. Shall I stow it away for now?

yes please.

i should be heading up country within a month or so.

Paddington Bear

Joined: 31 Jan 2005
Posts: 170
Location: Shropshire

Posted: Mon Feb 14, 11 9:41 pm Post subject:

toggle wrote:

starts wondering what the fleece is like on wiltshire horns.

i can't help myself

Not much use for spinning , felting etc unless you have the time to collect it from your fences, off the ground etc. They shed their fleece - an advantage if you only have a small flock - you don't need to find anyone to shear them. Even if you do collect the fleece up it hasn't a very long staple.

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 11 12:52 am Post subject:

Paddington Bear wrote:

toggle wrote:

starts wondering what the fleece is like on wiltshire horns.

i can't help myself

ty.

kirstyfern

Joined: 03 Jan 2010
Posts: 1574
Location: Great Dunmow, Essex

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 11 12:24 pm Post subject:

toggle wrote:

starts wondering what the fleece is like on wiltshire horns.

i can't help myself

They shed I'm afraid - the birds will love me

I think they are very pretty girls, especially my little ewe lamb who is still quite fluffy

Last edited by kirstyfern on Fri Feb 18, 11 10:27 am; edited 1 time in total

kirstyfern

Joined: 03 Jan 2010
Posts: 1574
Location: Great Dunmow, Essex

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 11 12:25 pm Post subject:

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 11 12:33 pm Post subject:
How is the ram now?

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 11 1:28 pm Post subject:
pretty little things they are.

SheepShed

Joined: 08 Nov 2006
Posts: 332
Location: In the middle of a Welsh forest

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 11 3:50 pm Post subject:
and you've built a playhouse and swings for them as well

kirstyfern

Joined: 03 Jan 2010
Posts: 1574
Location: Great Dunmow, Essex

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 11 5:53 pm Post subject:

SheepShed wrote:

and you've built a playhouse and swings for them as well

Not my house I'm afraid :/
BUT
I DO have a playhouse & slide (I'll miss out the climbing net and swings!) for the goats, we just need to build it

The ram is fine in the field with the girls but he can only be caught by pinning him in the corner of the shed with hurdles, he won't follow a bucket or walk on a halter...
I have a lovely bruise on my knee - AND ALL DOWN MY LEG THIS MORNING! where he whipped around and caught me while on the halter...
I managed to move him 100 yards to the sheep field (I won't say how

) and now I just hope he stays there!
The sheerling is in season so I hope he will be more interested in her than getting back to the goats who he still has a thing for!

Luckily I have a good catching corner (between the field shelter and the fence) where we can make a funnel with hurdles to run them through to catch for foot trimming / worming, etc I'm sure it will come in more handy for the sheep than the goats which are a bit more amenable!

I don't NEED any more animals so a sheep dog is out of the question, LOL!

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Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 11 7:25 am Post subject:
Nice looking girls. You are lucky you can catch the bugger. Mours are as mil as milk but bloody hell you need to be sneaky to catch them!

kirstyfern

Joined: 03 Jan 2010
Posts: 1574
Location: Great Dunmow, Essex

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 11 10:26 am Post subject:

Shan wrote:

Nice looking girls.

You are lucky you can catch the bugger. Mours are as mil as milk but bloody hell you need to be sneaky to catch them!

Do you use a crook?

kirstyfern

Joined: 03 Jan 2010
Posts: 1574
Location: Great Dunmow, Essex

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 11 1:17 pm Post subject:

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