Orphaned lamb death rate cut at rare breeds centre
A rare breeds centre claimed to have cut mortality rates of orphaned new-born lambs. Church Farm Rare Breeds Centre, in Stow Bardolph, near Downham Market, in Norfolk, said over the past three years, ...
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Rare breed sheep to aid conservation efforts
A flock of rare breed sheep has been brought in to help conservation efforts over the winter months at a park. The Dorset Down sheep have been introduced at High Woods Country Park in Colchester ...
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Supporting British rare breeds
Hebridean sheep have been so popular with the National Trust that they've come off the RBST's watchlist, and Exmoor ponies are being used to graze Snape Warren in a project to restore birdlife.
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Sheep shot while pregnant gives birth to lambs
The shooting happened at Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm, near Ipswich, in September, but the offender has yet to be caught. The sheep suffered injuries to her leg and farm manager Kate Ockelton ...
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Orphaned lamb death rate cut at rare breeds centre
Church Farm Rare Breeds Centre says it has adopted stringent ... The farm said it planned its breeding season for sheep so that lambs were born from early February to the end of April, which ...