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(British) Cheviot Sheep Society
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Hi Christine! Welcome to the forum. Where do you live? That is, right in your village?
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Most of mine seem to grow until they're about 18 months old--but I don't know if that's the norm or not? They get a lot of their adult size by 9-10 months of age.
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Rebecca said:Baagonia is quite small. She looks like she is about 75% the size...
I just had the time to check things out and went through the British sites. The "Border" type in the last site that sue referred to is great for conformation - but remember, he probably weighs 300 lbs!!! I really like Oran (not just 'cause I bred ...
It IS a good standard! It's just not, in places, the type of sheep I'm breeding for. I want a long, low body with lots of depth and width, and I really want big, soft eyes, arched faces, and smallish ears that aren't set abslutely upright. Coming ...
We have a very good standard on the mini cheviot sheep site -
I'm glad to hear that Oran has been a good influence on fleece quality - I have bred for that for years now, andmy fleeces have won enough awards here in the East to make them competiti...
The horns are one reason we gave up on the name Brecknock Hill Cheviots - they are horned and we are not.
Toni
I don't know what Aiden's fleece is like but Woolson has unusually coarse wool. A few of my others do too (Baart immediately pops to mind). Then they range to Shebaa, who has really lovely, soft wool. Abram had unusually nice wool too.
I thought ...
Okay, and here is the Wicklow Cheviot (Irish Cheviots) homepage. I don't care for these heads, though...
http://www.wicklowsheep.ie/index.htm
And the Brecknock Hill Cheviots of Wales:
http://brecknockhillcheviotsheep.co.uk/farmers/index.html
Oh,...
Toni!
Don't you know that is a guarantee that she will give you ewes? LOL...at least that's how it seems to work for Sue and me. We have contrary animals.
:) Lori
I still haven't really figured out how to reply...............Re: Brian - I am doing my best to reproduce him - I bred Darra and another purebred white ewe to his son Blaze and crossed my fingers. Blaze is a real beauty and took Champion Ram in NJ...
Lori said:Add Gwydion to that too...I guess we need to market to fiber lists or something???I agree Aiden (and Cayden) would have made wonderful rams and poor Brian is gone now. :(Lori
Baart (especially) and Baaxter were ram quality too; Baarney...
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