Blue Texel Rams Purchased

Miserden Trump Card
Miserden Trump Card

I went to the NSA Ram Sale at Builth Wells, mid-Wales yesterday to look at Blue Texel rams. I purchased the winner of the ram lamb class at the Blue Texel Sheep Society’s pre-sale show, Miserden Trump Card. This ram lamb was bred by Sue Andrews of Miserden Blue Texels and was sired by Pen-y-Bec Old Blue Arrow, who has been used extensively in the Miserden flock, out of a daughter of one of Miserden’s foundation ewes bought from Dennis Davies. I have also got the use of Pen-y-Bec Old Blue Arrow to put on a few ewes this season.

My second purchase at Builth was ram lamb Millend Thunder Bold. This ram lamb is by a Millend tup out of a Marteg ewe. Both ram lambs have settled in well at Bearwood after their ordeal at the sales.

Pen-y-Bec Old Blue Arrow
Pen-y-Bec Old Blue Arrow

I was aware that my female ewes were all from a particular bloodline and I am very pleased that the rams that I will be using this season are not closely related to the ewes and will compliment them well.

 

New Lleyn Stock Ram Purchased

Lleyn Yearling Ram
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I was very pleased to purchase a yearling ram from Dylan Jones of Lluest Wen, Machynlleth privately after he did not make his reserve at The Lleyn Sheep Society Sale at Ross-on-Wye. This ram’s sire Bronallt Big Daddy was Lleyn Male Champion at the 2007 Royal Welsh Show and Big Daddy’s sire was Lleyn Breed Champion at the 2006 Royal Welsh Show. Not only does this ram have show success in his pedigree but he also has impressive performance figures. He is in the top 1% of the Maternal and Carcase Indexes of the Lleyn breed.

Yearling Lleyn Ram
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I purchased a yearling ram privately from Dylan 3 years ago whose sire was Balliliney Action Man, another very successful Lluest Wen stock ram. This ram has performed very well and so I’m excited about introducing the Bronallt Big Daddy bloodline to the Bearwood flock.