shropshire sheep

jaapbond

Hi everybody,

Just doing a little bit of research and was wondering if there is anyone keeping shropshire sheep in the republic.

Regards Jaap.

Cran

There is, think someone near me has them. There's some on dd and think Zwarbles Ireland Twitter keeps some and might be useful contact

jaapbond

Thank you for your reply, it is much appreciated, I spotted the ones on DD but they all seem far away from me ( I am based in west cork) was hoping to get into contact with someone a bit closer.

jaapbond

Just bringing this back up again as I would still be interested in getting a few more Shropshire sheep but they all seem to be located in the north.
Anybody know of any of these closer to Cork.
Thank you ...

farawaygrass

jaapbond wrote: »

Just bringing this back up again as I would still be interested in getting a few more Shropshire sheep but they all seem to be located in the north.
Anybody know of any of these closer to Cork.
Thank you ...

Do you mind me asking what is it about them that you like? Do you know much about them? They seem fine sheep alright

Arrow in the Knee

I think I can remember an episode of Countryfile where a farmer who had Shropshire sheep had to check them at least 3 times a day as they were very prone to going on their back.

Might be more hassle than they're worth.

razor8

Arrow in the Knee wrote: »

I think I can remember an episode of Countryfile where a farmer who had Shropshire sheep had to check them at least 3 times a day as they were very prone to going on their back.

Might be more hassle than they're worth.

think they were southdowns on that programme, big fat round sheep

shropshires wont eat trees so can be used to trim around orchards i believe

Arrow in the Knee

razor8 wrote: »

think they were southdowns on that programme, big fat round sheep

shropshires wont eat trees so can be used to trim around orchards i believe

Ah yeah, I think your right Razor8.

JJayoo

My neighbour actually has them, I'm not that keen tbh, but then again I'm not really that keen on crossbreds in general

stantheman1979

A german family near baltinglass co wicklow called westerholt who sell a lot of christmass trees keep shropshire sheep. They would be willing to sell u some im sure

jaapbond

Thank you for your replies, I got some last year from the Westerholts, I am now looking to get some from somewhere else to make sure they are not related.
Have spotted some in Derry but have no suitable transport for such a long trip.
Anybody know of any one providing a service for moving sheep.

JJayoo

Where are you based?

jaapbond

west cork