Re: Thanks for the welcome


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to make mistakes and at the moment the land is being used by a lacal
farmer for some sheep.

<makes sign of the cross in air>

Note to Barry: Oz does not like sheep. Me? I like them.


Me too
:~)
well some of them


Long term some rare beed sheep,

Ugh!

See? Oz does not like sheep. I think that rare breed sheep are a good
idea (I'm biased, I have Llanwenogs). Not only does the rare breed give
you an added dimension to your hobby but rare breed associations tend to
have quite a lot of smallholders in their membership and so will
understand your needs better. Have you decided on a breed yet?


I like our Jacobs - so easy and strong characters
Others have their own preferences
Where are you going to be based Barry?


Well if it all flies...........East Sussex.

I will be more specific If and when I become the owner- you know what
buying and selling is like !!!!
and I was thinking of Southdown as a breed?

Any comments on that?

Yes. We had Southdowns them for some years and later used a Southdown ram on
Texels, Texel Xs and sometimes Suffolk ewes.

The Southdown cross lambs made good eating in our opinion.

We bought purebred Southdowns because, being smaller, we thought they might
be easier to handle (bad backs - us, not the sheep) but actually found them
harder. They are very fast on their feet, otherwise they were fine.

On balance, on heavy land, probably heavier than East Sussex, we found Texel
ewes the best all-rounders, as I say, served by a Southdown ram.

The maximum flock size was a dozen, with no sheep dog. Sheep in a small
flock get pretty tame and will come to a call. It was great fun. You will,
of course, lose quite a lot of money on the operation.

The main problems were handling them for worming, dagging, foot trimming,
sheering etc. It can be heavy work.

You do need good fencing, a constant watch (which is actually quite
entertaining) and to be fairly fit to keep sheep.

Others may think differently.


--
Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com



Barry




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