We appear to have acquired 3 texel tups....have managed to get them away from my own sheep, The Big Yin, as she is a girl.....so they are on the yard munching happily.....
A trio of tups
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Planned tups? Unintentional tups? Magic tups, appearing through the 4th dimension? We need to know!
I think texels are softies aren't they? There used to be a field of them near our old house, they are very woollen and clean looking (unlike the sheep on the farm where we lived, they were grey looking)
yes that's them, these ones are mainly for breeding though they go for meat in the end
outside the gate in the fog this morning, on the road, so got them into the yard for safety and now managed to get them into the small paddock out of the way
they have gone home today, they seemed quite pleased with the dinner b&b accommodation
Glad you got them back home and they were lucky boys landing at you b&b for sure.
We've 4 texel tups in with our horses just now, they are ugly, but so sweet natured and I've very quickly developed a soft spot for them, they come over every morning for a little scratch now.
We've 4 texel tups in with our horses just now, they are ugly, but so sweet natured and I've very quickly developed a soft spot for them, they come over every morning for a little scratch now.
they tend to dye them different colours to enhance them, clip their top line off to show their shape etc you often see fields of orange or yellow sheep, sometimes pink. this one came from the recent Kelso tup sales so was prepared to sell
bit obvious, they are tagged and come from the guy i am going to be buying hay from...
Thanks for the info, I have never seen any dyed ones around here, but would love to see a field of orange, yellow of pink sheep!
It's a new one on me too, but yes it would be a sight to behold! We only have a fairly scraggy kind of small sheep round us. I think they must be cross breds as there's no particular pattern to their design, mainly white, a few black or chocolate, some white faces, some black, some speckled etc. There always seem to be a lot of lame ones
It's a new one on me too, but yes it would be a sight to behold! We only have a fairly scraggy kind of small sheep round us. I think they must be cross breds as there's no particular pattern to their design, mainly white, a few black or chocolate, some white faces, some black, some speckled etc. There always seem to be a lot of lame ones
Ah yes, lame ones. Such a shame. I lived in the middle of a sheep farm for ten years. Horrible experience, watching them be left like that. I can only hope that the person responsible gets their just desserts in another life. I hated it in the end and got sick of turning the other way. Thankfully their land was crossed by walkers. And sometimes walkers do report things they see.
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