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 Jun 30 2010, 07:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 153 Joined: 27-April 04 From: VA Member No.: 3,832  |
I have a nice fat ram lamb that somehow missed banding day.
 We're taking some sheep to market - soon - because we're already having to feed hay (very dry here in VA). I thought someone might be interested in a nice ram so offering for sale here - $40. He's Border LeicesterX Border Cheviot and is already looking very handsome and ummmm...manly at 4 months! -------------------- Deb P
Champ, Shane, Heather, Vic, Wren, Blue and Belle |
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Aug 2 2010, 04:04 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 321 Joined: 28-February 05 Member No.: 4,576 |
Hey Deb, I also live in Central Virginia. Where do you take your lambs to market? There is a buyer near
me but she only takes them at certain holidays and only rams/wethers no ewe lambs. I also have two nice ram lambs but they are Dorper. Too nice to go for slaughter. Thanks. Mona |
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Aug 2 2010, 07:07 AM
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Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 153 Joined: 27-April 04 From: VA Member No.: 3,832 |
In the past we have taken our sheep to a buyer in Bloomery, WV. A month ago, he was paying $1.25/lb for lambs (<year) and $1.00/lb for yearlings. Cull/older ewes and wethers were $.45/lb. We took a variety of 9 sheep and the check was about $700. We had to cut back. I sold some nice wool (BL) lambs to a spinner flock and this ram lamb will go to a friend in NC. I now have a nice size flock of 19 which is manageable. Some for my wool hobby and some for working.
We've been feeding hay all summer! If you are interested in the buyer, email me privately. -------------------- Deb P
Champ, Shane, Heather, Vic, Wren, Blue and Belle |
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Aug 2 2010, 05:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 321 Joined: 28-February 05 Member No.: 4,576 |
I am interested please, I will email you!
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Aug 2 2010, 05:58 PM
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 Just a few shovelfuls short of a full load Group: Registered Users Posts: 374 Joined: 5-August 06 From: Mt. Airy, Maryland Member No.: 6,118 |
Hi Deb,
If your ram lamb had a Border Leicester sire and is out of a Cheviot dam, he is a Scotch Halfbred. He should be worth more than $40, since he has a fancy title! nancy -------------------- "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." Author Unknown  Nancy Cox Starkey Trial & Error Acres Mt. Airy, Maryland NCStarkey@aol.com www.TrialandErrorAcres.com www.TrialandErrorAcres.blogspot.com |
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Aug 3 2010, 10:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 153 Joined: 27-April 04 From: VA Member No.: 3,832 |
QUOTE(NCStarkey @ Aug 2 2010, 10:58 PM)  Hi Deb, If your ram lamb had a Border Leicester sire and is out of a Cheviot dam, he is a Scotch Halfbred. He should be worth more than $40, since he has a fancy title! nancy He's going to a friend  She'll be glad to know he's all fancy! 
-------------------- Deb P
Champ, Shane, Heather, Vic, Wren, Blue and Belle |
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Aug 4 2010, 08:11 PM
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 Shepherd in the woods Group: Registered Users Posts: 4,699 Joined: 30-September 99 From: Westmoreland, NH Member No.: 380 |
Halfbred ram lambs are usually sold at a slight discount. It's the ewes you want from that cross. Breed them to a Texel or Suffolk and you get a thick lamb with plenty of milk from the Border Leicester side, and plenty of get-up-and-go from the Cheviot.
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Aug 5 2010, 09:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 153 Joined: 27-April 04 From: VA Member No.: 3,832 |
QUOTE(Bill Fosher @ Aug 5 2010, 01:11 AM) Halfbred ram lambs are usually sold at a slight discount. It's the ewes you want from that cross. Breed them to a Texel or Suffolk and you get a thick lamb with plenty of milk from the Border Leicester side, and plenty of get-up-and-go from the Cheviot. I only had 3 lambs from the 2 cheviot ewes this year and they were all ram lambs! Another cross I have is the BL x Suffolk. Fast growing lambs from that cross. But I don't like the Suffolk in them for working the dogs. THey can be real a-holes I'm down to a few BLs for their wool and some hair and hair/wool crosses for working. Ram is gone for the time being and not breeding this year. -------------------- Deb P
Champ, Shane, Heather, Vic, Wren, Blue and Belle |
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Aug 5 2010, 01:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 120 Joined: 3-December 08 Member No.: 9,499 |
Deb, what was the lamb I got from you last year?
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Aug 5 2010, 02:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 153 Joined: 27-April 04 From: VA Member No.: 3,832 |
QUOTE(timberviewfarm @ Aug 5 2010, 06:21 PM) Deb, what was the lamb I got from you last year? That was a purebred Border Leicester. -------------------- Deb P
Champ, Shane, Heather, Vic, Wren, Blue and Belle |
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