My Kelpie bitch, Tirrike is due to have pups in 10 days time. She was mated to my Kelpie, Max. More information can be found on the Australian Kelpie page of this site. Puppies will be registered with the Kelpie Council of Australia. If you are interested in a Kelpie puppy, please contact me.
Author: ecollins63
Ross on Wye Ram Registrations
The Lleyn Yearling rams were inspected yesterday at Ross Livestock Centre. There will be 14 registered rams and 11 unregistered rams available for sale privately or at the Lleyn Sheep Society Sales at Exeter, Ross on Wye, Ruthin and the NSA Ram Sale at Builth Wells. A four year old stock ram, Bearwood Steen (picture of this ram can be seen on the “Stock Rams and Myomax Page”) that I have used extensively on the flock will also be for sale.
Blood tests for Scrapie and Myomax will be taken on all the registered rams shortly and the results will be posted here when I receive them.
To look at the individual ram’s performance figures please go to the “Lleyn Sheep For Sale” page.
Bearwood Lleyn Ram Is Top Stock Sire
Signet Breeding Services have published their final breeding evaluation analysis for the Lleyn breed for 2011. A Bearwood Lleyn ram sold as a yearling at the Lleyn Sheep Society Sale at Ross on Wye in September 2010 to Ifor and Ann Jones, Abergele, North Wales is 3rd highest rated Lleyn ram in the stock sires list. Congratulations to Ifor and Ann.
Blue Texel Rams Purchased
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.
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
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.
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.
Blue Texel Flock Established
Last Friday I attended the Millside Blue Texel Production Sale in Carlisle. 60 head of Blue Texel male and females from the flock of David Alexander were sold. I purchased 1 three year old, 1 two year old and 6 yearling females and with the purchase of 2 yearlings from Dan Jones of Jonsland Blue Texels, I now have my foundation flock of 10 females. There was alot of interest in the Breed at Carlisle with breeders from the Lleyn, Beltex and Charollais world looking to purchase breeding animals.
I am interested in using a Blue Texel tup on some of my Lleyns and David Alexander had some gimmers of this cross for sale at Carlisle; very impressive sheep that I believe would be of great interest to the commercial farmer.