Bluefaced Leicester Union

In Leicesters, blue is finer!

Bluefaced Leicester

  • Best in Show!

    A Bluefaced Leicester fleece grown and entered by BLU board member Karen Szewc took Best in Show during the recent Josephine county fair in Grants Pass, OR.

  • BFLs top show in Oregon

    Reports Kat Bierkens, owner of Terra Mia Bluefaced Leicesters: Wonderful Sheep Show day! Shady Oaks Hank, bred by Marybeth Bullington, won Grand Champion Ram and homebred Terra Mia Liza won Grand Champion Ewe lamb over all the other Open class sheep breeds at the Douglas County Fair in Oregon. “Hank” “Liza”

  • Deschutes County Fair, Oregon

    BLU members Rhiannon Curley and Correy McAtee showing BFL ewe lambs at the recent Deschutes County Fair in Oregon.

  • Congratulations Charlie!

    Our newest BLU youth member, Charlie O’Boyle, with his reserve champion ewe at the Allegany county fair in Maryland. Charlie was the winner of the YCP program yearling ewe, donated by Meredith Myers-Null during the recent Maryland Sheep & Wool festival. Charlie’s brother, William, is also a YCP recipient, having been awarded his yearling ewe…

  • NORTH EAST YOUTH SHEEP SHOW results

    Iris with her ewe 2 BLU youth members showed at the 33rd NORTH EAST YOUTH SHEEP SHOW @ the Eastern States Exposition Fairgrounds, West Springfield, Massachusetts this weekend. Ellora Chapin had champion AOB ram, and Iris LaRochelle showed the champion AOB ewe. Ellora also showed the 1st and 2nd place AOB JR ewe lambs. Ellora…

  • BSG Youth Show Results

    The Grand Champion Ram Lamb during the Youth show at the Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene OR is Terra Mia Arthur, owned and shown by Isabelle Pierre. Isabelle is a new youth member, and Arthur is her first lamb in her BFL flock. The Reserve Champion Ram Lamb is owned by Rhiannon Curley, also a…

  • Show results from the Maryland Sheep & Wool festival BFL classes

    Champion Ram – Margaret VanCamp – Pitchfork Ranch Champion Ewe – Ellora Chapin Res CH Ewe – VanCamp Flock – VanCamp Best Fleece – Ellora Chapin Also showing were Meredith Myers-Null and Cathie Shiff. These are all white BFLs; the natural colored BFLs are shown in the natural colored longwool classes. Here is Ellora –…

  • 2017 Reserve Champion fleece at Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

    The 2017 champion BFL fleece and Reserve Champion Overall fleece in the HUGE Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival fleece competition. Grown and exhibited by BLU member Margie Smith of PA.

  • The Working Herding Dog demonstration at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival.

    by Nancy Starkey, BLU member I have been announcing the demos for over 20 years and have been performing in the demos for the past seven or eight years. We have used Bluefaced Leicester sheep from my flock in the demos for several years. The natural beauty and athleticism of the BFL makes for an…

  • A Mother’s Day story featuring 2 BLU board members

    “BALDWIN, Wis. – Mother’s Day is celebrated in a big way at Cedar Fen Farm in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. The mother-daughter sheep operation is in the thick of lambing, with new arrivals to mother at any moment. The 150-acre farm south of Baldwin is operated by Heather Landin and her oldest daughter, Rose Landin,…