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THE OLDAWAY FLOCK OF RARE BREED SHEEP
We bought our first 12 Manx Loghtan ewes and
a ram lamb (the adult ones frightened us novices to death) at the late
lamented Show and Sale at Stoneleigh in 1993, and had our first crop
of delightful little black lambs in February the following year.
Far from being the boring or self-destructive
creatures that we had been told sheep are, we found them tough, resilient,
charming and individualistic. The wool is fine, and lovely for hand-spinning,
the meat is delicious, and, having used Manx rams on several other rare
breeds since then, the resulting crosses have had all sorts of good characteristics.
We now have
two Portlands, three Ryelands, two Wensleydales and three Corriedale
crosses to add variety, and we are keeping them mostly for their gorgeous
fleeces.
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| at the trough | at the bottle |
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| lambs sleeping on hay | at the grass |
Liffy (email by clicking the link
) and Mark Robinson
Oldaway House
West Alvington
Kingsbridge
Devon TQ7 3BQ
01548 560342