Bluefaced Leicester Union

In Leicesters, blue is finer!

Bluefaced Leicester

  • Contact Info for accommodations for the BFL National Show

    The BFL National Show is fast approaching! Since the hotels near the fairgrounds do not block rooms for groups, rooms are first come, first served. So if you have not already made reservations, be sure to do that soon! Here is an info sheet that gives dates, websites for the BSG and show venue, and…

  • 2018 BFL lambs arriving

    Kat Bierkens of Terra Mia Farm shares her first lamb of 2018 “brag” with us. Her ewe, Clarice, had a nice, big healthy ram lamb today.

  • Cat Approved

    Long, lustrous, luxurious BFL locks. In a CAT-egory all by themselves.

  • BFLs are People Pleasers

    Photo courtesy of Katie Sullivan

  • Rhinebeck showing

    BLU Youth member Ellora Chapin with her bred and owned BFL ewe lamb at Rhinebeck 2017 white long wool show. She placed 3rd on the white longwool class. Her natural colored ram lamb placed 4th in his class.

  • Overall Champion

    Glenda Moore reports that her 3 year old natural colored BFL ewe, Levia was the grand champion over all wool breeds at the North Carolina state fair. Madison Pippin exhibited Levia for Glenda.

  • 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.