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imported BFL rams
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2015 Lambs arriving daily
A natural colored ram lamb from Kyle McCleary of Rock Jim Farm in PA.
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News from Canada
Alberta, Canada BLU member Jody McLean shares a photo of some of her 2 month old lambs produced by LAI from Myfyrian(B10) Blue Dragon E+, owned by Matt Drummond. Right now, this semen is only available for use in Canada, but the Blue Alliance has also purchased semen, and is working toward getting it imported…
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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…
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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
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Good News for Canadian BFL Breeders
The Canadian Sheep Breeders Association Recognizes the Bluefaced Leicester For Registry in Canada Written by Jody McLean On June 8th 2011 the Canadian Sheep Breeders Association (CSBA) voted to recognize the Bluefaced Leicester and allow certain animals to be registered in Canada. This was the culmination of a lot of work for the few BFL…
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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…
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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…
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Super Sire, Ltd. imports straws from magnificent “Masterplan”
After a few of us saw (and drooled over) a photo of a ram named “Scotty” all the way back during New York State Sheep & Wool Festival 2007… straws from UK Bluefaced Leicester ram Mossvale Masterplan 1463/X6 E+ have finally been imported this year by Martin Dally of Super Sire, Ltd.! Jared Lloyd was…
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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…