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Welcome to the website of the Southdown Sheep Society.

On our site you can find information relating to the breed, latest news, details of shows and sales, stock for sale and information from Breeders’ Groups around the regions.

Our breed can meet your needs - whether you are looking for a terminal sire to produce quick maturing lambs, or a few Southdown sheep on a few acres.

The Society hopes our website offers you a starting point, please get in touch with the Southdown Office for further information.

 

Recently Updated


  • NSA Briefing on the discovery of Schmallenberg virus in England.  23rd January 2012
  • Schmallenberg virus has been confirmed by Defra AHVLA to have been found on 4 farms in England, in the counties of East Sussex, Suffolk, and Norfolk.  At this stage most farmers should do no more than be aware and extra vigilant – it is most likely that the infection was transmitted by insects during the late summer/autumn of last year and the risk of further infection being transmitted from these farms is low.  There are currently no implications to trade and no ‘firewall movement barriers’ being put in place in the UK, although Russia has put in place export bans on live ruminants and ruminant products from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, where Schmallenberg virus has been present for some time.

















     

SOUTHDOWNS MAKE THEIR MARK AT WINTER FATSTOCK SHOWS
 
The Southdowns held their own and triumphed at the major fatstock shows this season.

At the Royal Welsh Winter Fair a pair of Southdown lambs from Messrs Wakeham-Dawson & Harmer went on to be warded the Championship in the pure lowland breeds section.
This pair of lambs were successful again at the East of England Smithfield Festival and carried off the title there of Champion Native Pair of lambs.

A Southdown x Beltex x carcase from J M A Long was placed 2nd in the native lamb carcase class, with the native class winner, a Suffolk x, being the carcass champion.



East of England native sheep champions - Messrs Wakeham-Dawson & harmer



Carcase from J M A Long

 

 

North Hele Farm, Clayhanger, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7NZ

Courtesy of Adam & Caroline Brown and the Southdown Sheep Society

 

Thursday 30thJune, 2011

 

EBLEX, in conjunction with the Southdown Sheep Society offer you this FREE interesting workshop aimed at commercial sheep farmers. The meeting will cover grassland topics, led by Dr Liz Genever, and the use of estimated breeding values to select rams, led by Sam Boon, Signet.

 

For further details, or to register your FREE place please contact Hellen Tordoff,

EBLEX Ltd BRP Events Co-ordinator, Tel: 0870 609 1840,

Email:hellen.tordoff@eblex.org.uk


 

Saturday August 6th  2011

To be held at Wells Farm, North Chideock, Bridport, Dorset. By kind invitation of Sarah Mitchell and David Randall

 Full details will be sent to all members in due course

If you are seeking an animal with performance recorded figures, the following Southdown breeders are currently performance recording

 

  • R S Beaumont (Andersey Farm Ltd), Oxon. Andersey Flock, No 883
  • A & C Brown, Devon. Gunton Flock, No 64
  • D Bunting, Hertfordshire. Golden Valley Flock, No 729
  • Patrick Goldsworthy MBE, Cambs. Webbellis Flock, No 968
  • D S & P Humphrey, West Sussex. East Dean Flock, 165
  • Simon & Jayne Hutley, Essex. Birch Hoe Flock, No757
  • Jonathan M A Long, Kent. Chaileybrook Flock, No 323
  • Miriam Parker, Shropshire. Buckland Flock, No 543
  • M F & G Sprake, Suffolk. All Saints Flock, No 291
  • Didling Farms Ltd, West Sussex. Didling Down Flock, No 981

 

Top performance rams purchased from these breeders are eligible for the "Welsh Elite Ram Project” managed by Hybu Cig Cymru.

 

Stock For sale and Wanted:

If you have any Southdown sheep for sale now that you would like to advertise please contact the Society Secretary.

There is a charge of £5.00 for this service and sale adverts will remain on the site for three months.


15/10/2011
FOR SALE 2 Torbury in lamb shearling ewes
Well grown, running with Sarn Basil 05/0008, M52504.
Contact G Armstrong on 01547 550269 (Powys)


13/09/2011

FOR SALE: Upper Mill Southdown Sheep

(Flock 237, East Sussex)

Quality stock ram (Wealden) and 10 breeding ewes. Also 7 shearlings, 7 ewe lambs and coloured ram lamb.

All registered and Heptavac P vaccinated.

For further information please contact Jeanie Muddle Telephone 01273 890418 or e-mail farm@upper-mill.co.uk


17/08/2011
TWO QUALITY SHEARLING RAMS FOR SALE
  • Ladywell 10/00001, M54303

        sire: East Dean Humphrey 03/0016, M51631

        dam: Ladywell 03/041, 67870

  • Ladywell 10/00008, M54304

       sire: East Dean Humphrey 03/0016, M51631

        dam: Ladywell 03/151, 72203

 

For more details contact Duncan & Monica Crundwell 01892 863448 (Kent) mobile: 07921 471018 dgcrundwell@btinternet.com

 
09/08/2011
FLOCK DISPERSAL
Southdown sheep of various ages, including ewe lambs & shearlings.
Contact Kate Turner
01948 710495 (Shropshire)
mobile 07554 643644
 
02/08/2011: WANTED: Females, shearling and older
Plese contact Drew Coulter (Lanarkshire) telephone 01899 810337

 

02/08/2011: FOR SALE

Quality, well bred shearling ewes and lambs for sale. Also some older ewes available.

For more details contact Martyn Smale 01822 810879 (Devon)

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