Bluefaced Leicester Union

In Leicesters, blue is finer!

BLU Youth

  • News from the “Big E”

    BLU Junior member Ellie Chapin showing (1st place) in the Jr. Lead Line. Wool dress and Bluefaced Leicester ewe.

  • 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, Griffen!

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

  • 2016 Youth Conservation Program winner

    William and his new ewe Lydia, with breeder and donor Margaret VanCamp My name is William O’Boyle and I am from Cumberland, Maryland. As a member of the Mountain and Valley 4-H club, I have been a part of 4-H for eight(8) years and was also a part of the homeschool 4-H as a clover…

  • 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…

  • Congratulations, Iris!

    Overall Champion Ewe at the Fryeburg Maine Fair, October 9, 2015. A natural colored BFL ewe, shown by BLU Junior member Iris LaRochelle, judged by Budd Martin.

  • Attention Youth Showmen!

    **PRESS RELEASE** Northeast Youth Sheep Show July 14 – 17, 2016 The 32nd annual Northeast Youth Sheep Show (NEYSS) will be held July 14th-17th at the Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds in West Springfield, MA. The NEYSS is the premier all-breed junior sheep show in the northeast, attracting over 200 youth exhibitors showing close to 800…

  • 2016 Youth Conservation Program

    Youth ages 9-18 can help preserve a heritage breed of sheep through the 2016 Youth Conservationist Program. Application deadline is April 1, 2016. I yearling BFL ewe has been donated by Pitchfork Ranch/Somerhill Farm. She is entered in the BFL National show, and so is both top quality, and fitted for show. * Must be…

  • My Day with the YCP

    Maggie, donor Brenda Lelli of Beechtree Farm, and Greystone By Maggie Hoffman Hi, my name is Maggie Hoffman and this year I won a Bluefaced Leicester yearling ram through the Youth Conservation Program. The Youth Conservation Program’s mission is to encourage the youth to raise and show heritage breeds of sheep such as the Bluefaced…

  • 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…