Bluefaced Leicester Union

In Leicesters, blue is finer!

Shows

  • Best in Show!

    BLU member Glenda Moore won Best in Show for her shawl at the North Carolina State Fair. The yarn is from a 3/4 BFL ewe.

  • BFLs a hit at the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival

    Katie Sullivan of Cloverworks Farm represented BLU at the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival in Tunbridge, VT this past weekend at her vendor booth. Longtime BLU member Kat Smith of Stonesthrow Farm is also a vendor there, as well as on the festival committee. BLU has been a sponsor of this event for several years.…

  • OFFF Show Report

    Several BLU members enjoyed the Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival this past weekend in Canby, OR. Linda Campanario had the First Place Yearling Ewe in the White Wool Class, with Terra Mia Addie. Terra Mia Caleb won Reserve Champion ram lamb in the white wool category for his breeder, Kat Bierkens. Youth member Rhiannon Curley…

  • Reserve in Show!

    BLU youth member Rhiannon Curley entered a single fleece in the open class wool show during the recent Deschutes county fair in Redmond, OR. It was from her new ram, Jehovah’s Cornerstone. The fleece placed champion in the BFL division, and then it took Reserve Grand Champion Fleece in the wool show.

  • Best in Show!

    A Bluefaced Leicester fleece grown and entered by BLU board member Karen Szewc took Best in Show during the recent Josephine county fair in Grants Pass, OR.

  • BFLs top show in Oregon

    Reports Kat Bierkens, owner of Terra Mia Bluefaced Leicesters: Wonderful Sheep Show day! Shady Oaks Hank, bred by Marybeth Bullington, won Grand Champion Ram and homebred Terra Mia Liza won Grand Champion Ewe lamb over all the other Open class sheep breeds at the Douglas County Fair in Oregon. “Hank” “Liza”

  • Deschutes County Fair, Oregon

    BLU members Rhiannon Curley and Correy McAtee showing BFL ewe lambs at the recent Deschutes County Fair in Oregon.

  • Congratulations Charlie!

    Our newest BLU youth member, Charlie O’Boyle, with his reserve champion ewe at the Allegany county fair in Maryland. Charlie was the winner of the YCP program yearling ewe, donated by Meredith Myers-Null during the recent Maryland Sheep & Wool festival. Charlie’s brother, William, is also a YCP recipient, having been awarded his yearling ewe…

  • NORTH EAST YOUTH SHEEP SHOW results

    Iris with her ewe 2 BLU youth members showed at the 33rd NORTH EAST YOUTH SHEEP SHOW @ the Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds, West Springfield, Massachusetts this weekend. Ellora Chapin had champion AOB ram, and Iris LaRochelle showed the champion AOB ewe. Ellora also showed the 1st and 2nd place AOB JR ewe lambs. Ellora…

  • BSG Youth Show Results

    The Grand Champion Ram Lamb during the Youth show at the Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene OR is Terra Mia Arthur, owned and shown by Isabelle Pierre. Isabelle is a new youth member, and Arthur is her first lamb in her BFL flock. The Reserve Champion Ram Lamb is owned by Rhiannon Curley, also a…