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...
The Charollais breed is a terminal sire breed so emphasis on selection should be placed on its excellent fleshing qualities and growth. The purpose of the breed is to breed rams for crossing with commercial ewes to produce quality meat lambs for...
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.
Ideally the new breeder will have bought the best quality ewes that they can afford, but we do not live in an ideal world and there is always room for improvement. A careful inspection of the ewes to be mated should therefore be made before...
The Shropshire is medium sized, with typical mature rams and ewes weighing 120kg and 80kg respectively. Shropshire Sheep are active and alert with a free action.
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)...
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...
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...
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...
