Bluefaced Leicester Union

In Leicesters, blue is finer!

Shows

  • Congratulations, Meredith!

    BLU member Meredith Myers Null of BlueLand Farm had a great weekend at the Montgomery county, MD fair. Her white ewe lamb won champion white long wool ewe and she also had reserve champion natural colored long wool ewe.Here they are with Ohio judge Sam Wiford.

  • Congratulations, Jake!

    Jake Moore and his sister Sage, along with their special friend Daniella, are shown with Jake’s BFL ewe Twinkle. Twinkle was Supreme Grand Champion ewe at the North Carolina State Fair in last fall.

  • Congratulations, Kat!

    BLU member Kat Bierkens of Oregon, writes: Terra Mia Annette, my 2016 spring lamb, took supreme grand champion ewe at the Douglas County Fair in open class. Kat’s display at the fair, featuring BFLs.

  • Congratulations, Griffen!

    BLU youth member, Griffen Knelly, and his champion AOB ewe in the 4-H show at the Mountour PA fair.

  • Congratulations, Maggie!

    BLU member Maggie Hoffman Lloyd won open AOB wool Grand Champion ewe and ram at the Montour Delong Fair with Montour’s Prissy and Montour’s Herbie.

  • Show prep guide for new exhibitors

    Just in time for the fall show season, here is a list of tips for getting your BFLs ready for the show ring. Prepping Bluefaced Leicesters for show 2016

  • Youth News!

    BLU Youth members Ellora Chapin and Iris LaRochelle had a great time at the Northeast Youth Sheep Show this past weekend. Iris showed her natural colored yearling BFL ewe and they won champion AOB wool ewe. Ellora showed Pitchfork Harry Potter and they won reserve champion AOL ram in the wool show. Looks like Ellora…

  • National Show fleece class winner

    First and second place fleeces in the BFL breed class of the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, and winning champion fleece award for the national show were entered by Margie Smith of New Oxford, PA. Sorry, no photos were taken.

  • 1st Place BFL Skein at Maryland Sheep & Wool for the national show award

    Winner Tracy Seamster of Baltimore MD writes: About the skein…. The fiber is from Friends in Fiber’s Etsy shop, in colorway Malala (after Malala Yousafzai). I fell in love with the turquoise, and felt fractal spinning would highlight the colors. I started it on an Enid Ashcroft Turkish spindle while on jury duty, then finished…

  • Class winners at the 2016 National Show in Maryland

    These photos are supplied by BLU board member Karen Szewc. For more photos of the individual classes and exhibitors, visit our Facebook Page. White champion and reserve champion yearling and ram lambs White champion and reserve champion yearling and ewe lambs Natural colored champion and reserve champion yearling and ram lambs Natural colored champion and…