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We are looking into heritage breed sheep, including Border Leicesters, which are an
important foundation breed from England. Border Leicesters are a calm and easily handled breed, and are commonly used to crossbreed with other breeds of sheep. They do well in most climates, and are excellent mothers.
We will be breeding purebred Border Leicesters, both natural colored and white. Their wool is long and lustrous and excellent for spinning. Spinning count is from 40s to 50s (30-38 microns).
Early
in 2004 we purchased two bred 6 year old Icelandic ewes (Bertha
and Edda), who gave us three beautiful lambs at Ostara: a
badgerface moorit ewe (Erla), her brother, a black/grey wether
(Skuggi), and a black/grey ewe (Brynja). Bertha, Edda and Brynja are no longer with us, but we still have Erla & Skuggi, who enjoy being the farm lawnmowers. We also have an older brown/silver colored Icelandic cross ewe named Elgja. We adopted her along with a group of mixed sheep and a goat (below left), and have since rehomed the rest of the flock. We kept Elgja due to her nice coloring and beautiful fleece.
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