Welcome to Wester Gladstone, home of Scotland's primitive four-horned Hebridean Sheep. We also run a small flock of Soays and breed Scots Grey hens. We grow fruit and vegetables and are trying to make our holding as environmentally sustainable and wildlife friendly as possible.
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At Wester Gladstone, we specialise in breeding registered pedigree Hebridean Sheep with the very rare original characteristics of the breed. If you want to see multi horned, scurred, polled and the extremely rare topknotted Hebrideans, as well as the more usual 2 horned type, this is the place to come.
Lambing time has been and gone
Katy-Morag, a polled ewe and Gladstone Ace, her 4-horned tup lamb, born on 31st March.
A Scottish breed for Scottish conditions
5 December 2011
Here is Gladstone Laughing Boy up to his knees in snow. His thick double coated fleece gives him the essential protection from the worst of weather conditions.
Some of our breeding ewes
Within the Gladstone flock of Hebridean Sheep there are many examples of the diversity to be found in the breed. As well as different fleece types, you will also see examples of polled and topknotted sheep amongst the various 4 horned examples.
Some more examples of our sheep
An old man and his sheep
Jezebel, a very pregnant old lady graciously accepts yet another digestive biscuit.
In the pictures below Jezebel, aged 15, had just given birth to twin ewe lambs. Pictured on the left at 10 minutes old, in the centre at 40 minutes old and on the right a few weeks later.
Jezebel has now been retired from breeding, much to her annoyance at tupping time.
In the pictures below Jezebel, aged 15, had just given birth to twin ewe lambs. Pictured on the left at 10 minutes old, in the centre at 40 minutes old and on the right a few weeks later.
Jezebel has now been retired from breeding, much to her annoyance at tupping time.
It's not all about sheep
Although we are passionate about our sheep, other things happen here too. This is a young Scots Grey cockerel. See our other pages to find out more.
Baling straw in summer
A fair exchange - straw for eggs
The combination of a David Brown 995 and a New Holland 276 baler means that we are able to do all our own hay making - despite Scottish summer weather. In this view, we are baling straw in our neighbour's field. The hedge on the right was planted by us15 years ago.
