Beltex sheep arrived in the UK from Belgium in 1989 and with their double-muscle traits they brought a totally new dimension to British lamb production. The breed was originally developed as the Belgian Texel, by selecting and breeding for the...
The breed was introduced to the United Kingdom thirty years ago from the west coast of France, in the Vendée region, bordering the Atlantic coast. Breeders here were attracted by many of the features that make the Vendéen in France one of their...
The Cheviot originated in the Cheviot Hills, on the border of England and Scotland. Recognized as a hardy sheep as early as 1372, Cheviots did well in those bleak, windswept conditions, with their strong constitution, easy lambing, well developed...
One of the strengths of the North Country Cheviot is that both male and female lambs are much in demand - ewe lambs for breeding, pure or crossed, and wether lambs for quality carcases.
The Wensleydale breed has been developed to provide rams for crossing onto hill ewes, mainly Swaledale, Blackface, Rough Fell, Cheviot and Dalesbred and latterly Beulah, to produce a prolific, milky and hardy breeding ewe (the original Masham)...
The Society came into being on the 13th Jan 1923 when 40 farmers and breeders met in Newport Pagnell to "place the breed into pedigree status, to stimulate home demand and to explore export trade".
The breed prospered until the early 60's...
Major John Kingsley-Heath from Cornwall was the first to import Zwartbles into the UK from Holland in 1986.He was with a group of Texel breeders and went to see some black and white sheep he had heard about. At this time Zwartbles were a rare...
