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Highland Cattle

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February 28, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment
Highland Cattle

Native to western Scotland, the Highland breed of cattle is one of Britain's oldest, distinctive and best known breeds, with written records dating …
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Filed Under: Animals, Featured Tagged With: 18th Century, Agricultural Economy, Beef Cattle, Breed Of Cattle, British Isles, Calves, Cholesterol, Distinctive Appearance, Distinctive Flavour, Farming Practices, Flesh, Forage, Giving Birth, Hardiness, Hardy Nature, Highland Beef, Highland Cattle, Highland Cattle Society, Highland Cows, Intensive Farming, Iron Content, Longevity, Protein, Rainfall, Spect, Succulence, Survival, Uplands, Western Scotland


Countryfile Adam is Champion

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October 28, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
North Ronaldsay Sheep

BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson, who own and runs the Cotswold Farm Park was crowned Champion of the Year at the annual farmers Weekly …
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Filed Under: Animals, Featured Tagged With: Animal Breeds, Animal Farm, Bbc, Bbc Countryfile, Bovine Tb, Breed Cattle, Champion, Conservation Work, Cotswolds, Earth Approach, Farmers Weekly, Farming Life, Grosvenor House Hotel, Hotel In London, Orkney Isles, Oxen, Park Cattle, Peter Kendall, Public Eye, Rare Animal, Rare Breed, Trials And Tribulations, White Park


Rare Breeds Survival Trust

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August 10, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
North Ronaldsay Sheep

In 1973 The Rare Breeds Survival Trust was founded to save the UK's native breeds and since then no breed has become extinct. RBST is the UK’s …
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Filed Under: Animals Tagged With: Breeds Of Cattle, Breeds Of Livestock, Charity, Evocative Names, Farm Animal, Farm Livestock, Fmd, Goats, Horses, Lincolnshire, Measures, Member Countries, Pigs, Ponies, Poultry Breeds, Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Rbst, Sheep, Somerset, Watchlist


North Ronaldsay Sheep

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The Orkney, North Ronaldsay sheep is small sheep belonging to the northern short-tailed group of breeds. Bones of similar animals have been found at …
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Filed Under: Animals, Featured Tagged With: Bronze Age, Coarse Hair, Coloured Wools, Distinctive Flavour, Endangered List, Ewe, Genotype, Hand Spinners, Knitters, Mainland Britain, Maternal Instinct, Orkney, Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Rbst, Seashore, Seaweed, Shearlings, Sheep Feed, Skara Brae, Textile Designers


The British Araucana Club

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February 22, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
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The British Araucana club first started out life as the English Araucana poultry society back in around 1915. By 1960 it had faded away and there was …
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Filed Under: Animals Tagged With: Ancestral Home, Araucana Chickens, Araucana Club, Aruca, Blue Eggs, Club Members, Country Members, Defra, Domestic Chicken, Egg Laying Chickens, Gene Bank, Gene Pool, Good Stock, Hatching Eggs, Incas, Northern Chile, Poultry Breed, Poultry Clubs, Rare Breed, Southern Peru


Herdwick Sheep

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The Herdwick sheep is the native breed of the central and western Cumbrian Lake District. Thought to be introduced by Norse-Irish settlers in the …
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The Gloucester Old Spots

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July 26, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment
Gloucester Old Spot pig

The Gloucester Old Spots are the oldest spotted pedigree breed in the world. A large animal, white in colour with a minimum of one distinct black …
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Filed Under: Animals Tagged With: Adult Id, Adult Pig, bacon, Dams, Ears, Face, First Timer, Gloucester, Gloucester Old Spots, Gos, ham, Outdoor Life, Pedigree, pig, Placid Nature, pork, Prolific Breeder, Prolific Breeders, Wikipedia


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