Bluefaced Leicester Union

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  • Big News from the Big Sky Fiber Arts Festival

    This news from longtime Montana BFL breeder Judy Colvin:   Reporting in from our little Montana fiber festival, the Big Sky Fiber Arts Fest, held in Hamilton, MT.  The sheep show was held on June 11th and I brought a mix of registered BFLs and some BFL/Gotland crosses. The classes were divided into fine, medium, longwool, and…

  • To AI or not to AI? That is The Question! By Robina Koenig

    By Robina Koenig, Tumble Creek Farm As one crop of lambs arrives, I plan next year’s breedings and ponder this very topic. Should I use AI again this fall or wait until next year? How good are my current rams? These and other questions pile up as I make preliminary decisions for my flock. There…

  • Buying Trouble with New Sheep – All about CL, OPP and Johnes by Heather Landin

    Three diseases that have become frighteningly prevalent in the US sheep flock are little understood by the average shepherd. All three of these diseases are slow to show symptoms, are contagious before they are detected, and will significantly shorten the life of your ewes and otherwise lower their productivity. CL is contagious to humans and…

  • Littledale Farm makes good use of the 3-tier breeding system

    BLU Associate members, Graham and Margaret Phillipson make good use of the traditional UK 3-tier breeding system on their Littledale Farm in Richland Center, Wisconsin. Click on the link below to read an interview with Graham. Sheep Industry News article: UK Breeding System Gains Popularity with Some U.S. Producers by Becky Talley Also visit the…

  • Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) for our newly imported rams

    By Lisa Rodenfels, Jared Lloyd and Kristen Barndt If you would like to see EBV charts on some of the latest imported UK rams, please go to the IMPORTED RAMS page (under BREED INFO, and BFL RAMS). Links to the EBV charts for most of the 2010 imported sires are at the bottom of each…

  • National BFL Show to be held May 25-27, 2012 in Wooster, OH

    BLU reviewed the National Show venue proposals received in January and has made its selection. It’s official! Our National Bluefaced Leicester Show will be held on May 25-27, 2012 at the Great Lakes Fiber Show venue (during this festival), in Wooster, Ohio. Banner Sales also holds a show and sale during this festival, and BFL…

  • Blue Alliance Investors Import Straws from Six UK Rams

    By Heather Landin, Cedar Fen Farm, Baldwin, WI Originally published in the newsletter BLU Print; October 2010 issue, Vol. 1, No. 3 Additional content/edits by Kristen Barndt for this version A group of BFL Union Members from both the US and Canada pulled together last fall with a group of UK breeders to figure out…

  • Interest in Regional BFL Show to be held in New Jersey

    Information originally published in the newsletter BLU Print; October 2010, Vol. 1, No. 3 The Garden State Sheep Breeders Festival was held on September 11th & 12th. Although it is a small sheep and fiber festival, the numbers have been growing significantly in recent years. This year’s Festival was very well attended and by many…

  • Welcome to our new BLU site!

    The biggest news from the secretary’s desk is that we’ve been working on a new BLU website. We apologize for the delays, but here it is! Like all births, it was accompanied by much groaning and gnashing of teeth (as well as some pulling of hair)! It’s been a pretty big project, but the new…