Bluefaced Leicester Union

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sheep shows

  • 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…

  • Bluefaced Leicester classes full at the recent BSG

    There was a great turnout for the BFL classes at the recent Black Sheep Gathering, held in Eugene, OR on June 23-25th. The BSG is the site of next year’s BFL National Show. Here are the class standings for the sheep show. Yearling Ram 1) Liongate 2) Terra Mia 3) Liongate Ram Lamb – 11…

  • 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 –…

  • 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…

  • 33RD NORTH EAST YOUTH SHEEP SHOW JULY 13 – 16, 2017

    Eastern States Exposition West Springfield, MA The North East Youth Sheep Show (NEYSS) is the 3rd largest and longest running youth sheep show in the country. It is the premier all-breed junior show in the northeast, attracting 200 youth exhibitors and 600 head of sheep, with 20+ breeds represented. Weekend activities include: ? Breed Shows…

  • 7th National BFL Show venue announced

    The 7th National Bluefaced Leicester show has been set for June 22, 23 & 24th, 2018. The venue will be the Black sheep Gathering on the Linn County fairgrounds in Albany Oregon. More information will be posted as details emerge. Please set aside this date, and make plans to join us in 2018!

  • BFL champion longwool white ewe at Lambtown USA!

    BLU member Correy McAtee shares a photo of her 7 month ewe lamb, McAtee 1627, who was the champion white longwool ewe at Lambtown USA show in Dixon, CA this past weekend. “She’s been the top placing ewe lamb all summer at the west coast shows. Looking forward to her yearling year as a show…

  • Congratulations, Meredith!

    BLU member Meredith Myers Null of BlueLand Farm had a great weekend at the Montgomery county, MD fair. Her white ewe lamb won champion white long wool ewe and she also had reserve champion natural colored long wool ewe.Here they are with Ohio judge Sam Wiford.

  • Congratulations, Kat!

    BLU member Kat Bierkens of Oregon, writes: Terra Mia Annette, my 2016 spring lamb, took supreme grand champion ewe at the Douglas County Fair in open class. Kat’s display at the fair, featuring BFLs.