Re: Thanks for the welcome


"Howard Neil" <hneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Barry wrote:

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?

The only thing I know about that particular breed is that it is local to
Sussex, so that is a good start.

Yes,

What you need to find out is if that
breed has any particular needs and relate those to the place you are
buying (e.g. if it needs housing over winter, will your smallholding
have the necessary facilities). You may also like to find out how easy
they are to lamb. Not all breeds are the same in this respect. You may
have seen a posting from Jill where she says how easy her Jacobs were to
lamb this year. My Llanwenogs are also easy to lamb. I know that some
breeds can be very difficult. A neighbour (a *very* experienced sheep
farmer) tried some Beltex this year. I understand that he had a
nightmare time at lambing.

This is where your neighbours come in, especially if they have the breed.
Those in the breed society will be useful, because they will let you know
the strengths of the breed, (there are plenty of others who will tell you
the weaknesses ;-))
You neighbours will tell you what your area can do, and some might even know
how your land performed previously.


Finally, if Oz replies to your question, be prepared for a rude answer.
:-)

more brutally honest than rude ;-)

Take time to ask around, don't be afraid to watch, ask obvious and probably
stupid questions, and get as much as possible clear in your mind before you
start.
Regard the whole thing as something you will have to fund from outside
earnings and a few years down the line it might actually end up making no
more than a nominal 'loss', but you should eat well.
Probably get the veg side sorted first, you can do that while checking out
sheep and suchlike and getting your fences up.
Hope it goes well for you, because you should get a lot of pleasure from it,
and some cracking good food.

--

Jim Webster.

Pat Gardiner, now in the sixth year of raving about bent vets and still no
result



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