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2024 BLU National Show – Host Hotel and Lodging information now available
Michigan Fiber Festival will host the 2024 BLU National Show on August 16-18 at the Allegan County Fairgrounds. Keep checking back for more info as it becomes available. Check out our Upcoming Events page for details on this and other BLU sponsored events. Host Hotel information: Holiday Inn Express and Suites, 1315 Westgate Dr. Kalamazoo,…
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New Services for BLU members in the works
The new BLU board has not let any grass grow under its feet in taking up several projects designed to enhance members’ interactions with the organization, particularly online. After several meetings, it became clear that members want more information regarding pedigrees, youth activities, imported bloodlines, events and more in an easily accessible format, kept current…
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Congratulations, Kieran!
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Winner!
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Or, how the BFLs made it to the US
Another Road to Nova Scotia Originally published in The Shepherd, February 1997, Volume 42, Number 2, pages 20-21. By Letty Klein and Kelly Ward (Two driven -or is it driving? – women) Friday, 16 August 1996, at 6:20 a.m., our trip began from Kalamazoo, Michigan with destination Nova Scotia for a flock of Bluefaced Leicester…
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In praise of the YCP program
By Margie Smith, PA What a wonderful program the Youth Conservation Program, held during the Maryland Sheep & Wool festival each year is! It was an experience that I would recommend to fellow BFL breeders. I’d like to thank Elaine Ashcraft for directing such a wonderful program! This was my first year donating a registered…
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Profitable BFLs
By BLU president Katie Sullivan, VT. Originally published in The Shepherd Magazine. It took a few years and some mistakes to come around to the Bluefaced Leicester. I started out with five mutt sheep that cost $250 total. A combination of Montadale and Corriedale, they had nice wool from their Corriedale ancestry and great meat…
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Happy Mother’s Day!
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LOVE AFFAIR WITH BLUEFACED LEICESTERS!
Originally published in The Shepherd magazine. Written by Margie Smith, PA Have you ever seen a “glow” and thought it must be an angel? Have you ever seen that glow in a pasture? Well, one sunny day in 2007, while viewing Nancy Starkey’s flock of Border Leicesters, there amidst the 20 or more yearlings she…
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Choosing the BFL for profit
This article was originally published in The Shepherd Magazine. Written by Katie Sullivan, Vermont It took a few years and some mistakes to come around to the Bluefaced Leicester. I started out with five mutt sheep that cost $250 total. A combination of Montadale and Corriedale, they had nice wool from their Corriedale ancestry and…