Welcome to the website for the Castlemilk Moorit Sheep Society.
We are an active society working with the Rare Breed Survival Trust to protect, increase and promote our rare sheep.This site is intended to provide useful and interesting background information about our breed and also provide a resource for communication between the Society and Members.
Please see the 'contact us' page for details of our Regional Representatives and full contact details.
NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Happy 2012 to all our members!
Hope everyone had a great Christmas and is looking forward to a prosperous 2012.
Have you sent back the questionnaire in the newsletter? we have had some back so thank you very much for those, but would love to hear from more of you.
Advance notice of 2012 AGM
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The 2012 AGM will be on Sunday 23rd September at Cotswold Farm Park. There will be a small fee but a lunch will be provided and everyone will have a chance to go round the Farm Park and see all the rare breeds including Adam's lovely flock of Castlemilk Moorits.
Breeders Register
Why not make sure you are on our Breeders Register so people near you can find you to ask about stock. Details will only be included at the member's request so check it out and contact us if you want to be included.
MARKETPLACE PLEASE NOTE: we are instituting a small charge for NON MEMBERS to put up for sale adverts of £5 for 3 months. Non members can still advertise under wanted for free.
The AGM show was a great success!
Everyone had a great time with some lovely Castlemilks on show, even the weather was kind. A full report with results is now up on our AGMshow page (see list on left).
Great News!! The RBST has agreed to continue their generous support for the Breeding Programme.
You told us that lack of profitable uses for excess ram lambs is the biggest barrier to increasing the number of ewes you breed from each year, therefore we have applied for and been awarded a grant to do some research and identify/cost the opportunities available for our members. A part of the research will be to prepare case studies where Castlemilk meat, wool, or grazing skills are being successfully marketed NOW so if you have a success story to share we would love to hear from you. You can email us or use the contact us page. If you haven't time to write about it but can chat just send us your number and we will give you a ring.
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You can contact us via the 'contact us' page or email us at Castlemilkmoorit(at)hotmail.co.uk (please note all email addresses on this site have (at) substituted for @ to avoid spambots please cut and paste and replace the @ before using).
We would to delighted to receive information about stock for sale or answer any questions about membership or owning Castlemilk Moorit Sheep.
If you are interested in our breed please join us - you don't need to own any sheep to be a member! See our membership page.