Bluefaced Leicester Union

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BFL

  • 4th National Sheep Show Placings

    Judge – Judy Moore, Eagle MI Aged Ram – 3 shown 1)      Lelli 2)      Lelli 3)      Shiff   Yearling Ram – 9 shown 1)  Van Camp 2)  Densmore 3)  Crider 4)  Lelli 5)  Densmore   Ram Lamb – 10 shown 1)      Van Camp 2)      Van Camp 3)      Cieciwa 4)      Lelli 5)      Shiff   Pair of…

  • Champions at Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

    An exciting weekend for BFL exhibitors at the MS&W festival! Shown are: Brenda Lelli with her champion white longwool BFL ewe; Hannah Vezzetti with reserve champion ewe; and Margaret Van Camp with champion white longwool BFL ram.

  • 2012 National Show Sheep entry forms and rules

    The sheep show rules and entry forms are now available. Please read over carefully, and if you have any questions, email or call the contact number. Sheep+Show+Entries+&+Rules[1]

  • 2012 National Show Fleece Competition

    The forms are available online now. Click on the “About BLU” dropdown box above, then on the “National Show Info”. You can download/print the  contest forms.  Please share these with all interested parties!  The Sheep Show forms will be available soon – just working out the “bugs” in the rules section.

  • Of interest from the British BFL association

    We are holding a meeting for those interested in hearing about the Bluefaced Leicester Association Performance Recording Scheme and our new “Performance Mule” initiative for the promotion of Mules sired by high index Bluefaced Leicester sires. The “Performance Mule” initiative will help us supply the ever growing market for commercial ewes sired by high index…

  • BLU board member makes national sheep news

    BLU board member Jared Lloyd was recently interviewed for a Sheep Industry News article.  The article focuses on his flock expansion using Shetland and BFL genetics in a large western commercial flock.     http://sheepindustrynews.org/?page=site%2Ftext&nav_id=3b79b0fae814183646395f41f85dc25e&archive_id

  • OREGON FLOCK AND FIBER FESTIVAL

    Clackamas Co Fairgrounds, Canby, Oregon September 24-25, 2011 By Robina Koenig Another Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival has come and gone and fall has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. The temps are chilly at home now as I reflect on the last show of 2011 in our area. Half of the sheep show is a…

  • Bluefaced Leicester yarns flew off the tables at A Wool Gathering festival in Ohio

  • At the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, youth rule!

    From Jill Johnson, Boyd, WI My boys, Blake(age 11) and Tyler(age 9), have 15 BFLs.   BLU members LeeAnne & Weldon Richert (Cable, WI)  have helped them get started with a nice little flock. The boys make management decisions for their flock with a little help from us. They are also involved with the care and…

  • Lower Mainland Sheep Producers Association Fleece Show and Sale

    Contributed by Margaret Fryatt, British Columbia, Canada On June 4th, 2011, Vancouver Island Fleece Judge, Matt Robley, evaluated fleeces entered by local sheep breeders. Of the 51 fleeces entered in the show, most came from the Fraser Valley. There were entries from further afield but my three entries traveled the greatest distance to be included.…