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Getting started |
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| Accidental Smallholder | very useful little article if you’re thinking of keeping sheep |
| Country Enterprise | and a bit more info here |
| Ask Cedric | and about sheep record-keeping and movement documents |
| Best of Breeds | list of UK sheep breeders; stock for sale |
| Organic Animal Feed (pdf) | list of organic animal feed suppliers from the soil association |
| The Organic Feed Co. | organic and GM-free animal feeds |
| Sheep Handling Equipment | Farmers Weekly register of suppliers |
| Sheep Shearing Equipment | Farmers Weekly register of suppliers |
Associations & information on keeping sheep |
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| British Coloured Sheep Breeders Association | raising the profile of coloured sheep for wool at a time when most flockmasters aim to raise only white sheep |
| British Sheep Dairying Association | promoting the production, marketing & consumption of quality sheep’s milk products |
| British Wool Marketing Board | central marketing system – promoting wool production in the UK |
| DEFRA | information on sheep identification, movement etc. |
| National Animal Disease Information Service | listing of sheep diseases, plus symptoms and treatment |
| National Sheep Association | dedicated to safeguarding the interests of sheep farmers in the UK |
| Sheep Farmer | bi-monthly journal for sheep farmers |
| SheepKeep | database matching sheep with grazing land and grazing land with sheep |
| The Sheep Trust | conservation & sustainability of heritage sheep breeds |
| Sheep Veterinary Society | promoting the welfare and prevention of disease in sheep |
| Small Shepherds Club | association of owners of small flocks in Surrey, Sussex & Hants |
| Soil Association | information about keeping sheep organically |
| Viable Self-sufficiency | advice for smallholders, plus a lambing course |
Sheep breeds & societies |
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| A-Z of sheep breeds | A-Z list with info on each breed – from the website of the National Sheep Association |
| Rare Breeds Survival Trust | rare sheep breeds |
| Badger Face Welsh Mountain | Badger Face Welsh Mountain Sheep Society |
| Balwen Welsh Mountain | Balwen Welsh Mountain Sheep Society |
| Blackface | the Blackface Sheep Breeders Association |
| Bluefaced Leicester | the Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders Association |
| Border Leicester | the Society of Border Leicester Sheep Breeders |
| Cheviot | Cheviot Sheep Society |
| Cotswold | the Cotswold Sheep Society |
| Dartmoor | Dartmoor Sheep Breeders Association |
| Dorset | Dorset Horn & Poll Dorset Sheep Breeders Association |
| Hampshire Down | Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders Society |
| Hebridean | Hebridean Sheep Society |
| Herdwick | Herdwick Sheep Breeders Society |
| Jacob | the Jacob Sheep Society |
| Lleyn | Lleyn Sheep Society |
| Oxford Down | Oxford Down Sheep Breeders Association |
| Rough Fell | the Rough Fell Sheep Breeders Association |
| Shropshire | the Shropshire Sheep Breeders Association |
| Southdown | Southdown Sheep Society |
| Suffolk | Suffolk Sheep Society |
| Swaledale | Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association |
| Wensleydale | Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders Association |
| Wiltshire Horn | Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society |
Sheepskin rugs & tanning |
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| Devonia | Britain’s oldest sheepskin tannery; traditional processing techniques |
| Fenland Sheepskins | tanners, Somerset; will tan your skins for you |
| North Highland Sheepskins | family business in the Highlands; sheepskins and tanning |
| Organic Sheepskins | the only registered organic sheepskin tannery in the UK; rugs plus a tanning service, Hereford |
| The Wool Company | sheepskins produced and tanned in the West Country |
| The Woolly Shepherd | often has raw skins for sale |
wool |
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| the Natural Fibre Company | notes on sheep shearing and maintaining the quality of fleeces |
| wool links | see our feltmaking links page for wool links |
Sheepdogs |
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| Sheepdog links | see our sheepdogs links page for sheepdog links |
Other |
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| Adopt-a-Sheep | educational resource about sheep – particularly hill and fell sheep |
| BBC Food | tips on buying, storing and cooking lamb |
| The Big Sheep | sheepy visitor attraction in Devon |
| Mutton Renaissance | campaign set up in 2004 to support sheep farmers struggling to sell older animals |
| Sheepfold | info on sheep, wool and knitting using the wool of British sheep breeds |
| Sticks & crooks | see our stickmaking links page |
| Vegetarian Society | how not to keep sheep – including mulesing, tooth grinding, live exports etc. |
