The rams were used as studs to improve other flocks in Britain, and many other down sheep owe their development to the infusion of South-down blood. Geography: Welsh Mules are found throughout Wales and the UK. More information on the Hill Radnor Flock Book Society website. https://www.petfinder.com/dog-breeds/polish-lowland-sheepdog The Cheviot is valuable because it is the best dual-purpose sheep in Britain, producing quality mutton and wool. More information on the Blue Texel Sheep Society website. The Derbyshire Gritstone Sheep Breeders Society was established in 1906. Geography: Nucleus Exlana flocks continue to be found in South West England, but the breed is now known about throughout the UK and attracts attention from producers in many places. Breed attributes: A hardy upland sheep but with the ability to produce more lambs than some hill breeds, usually rearing twins rather than a single. These are passed to Mule sheep when then Border Leicester is crossed with a hill breed. There are more sheep than people in Scotland, so finding some cutesy ones to photograph should be easy, in Highland or Lowland. Illustrations by Fiona Osbaldstone. The addition of a ‘Millennium Bleu’ was created in 2000 by crossing a Bleu ewe with a Beltex ram. Their faces are brown with a long nose and broad muzzle, while fleeces are light in colour. It is also a popular breed in Belgium, Holland and France as well as Australia and South America where it is used extensively as a terminal sire. Geography: Having remained relatively localised to Teesdale until the 1920s, its involvement with the Masham breed saw it spread within Northern England. Appearance: A medium-sized, fine-boned sheep with a black head that sometimes has a small white patch on top. They originate from a short-tailed breed originating in Northern Europe from prehistoric times, but it is unclear how they ended up on the island of Soay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Appearance: The Suffolk is distinctive for its completely black face and downturned ears. Commercial desirability: The Manx Loaghtan Sheep Breeders Group promotes the hardiness of the breed and ability to thrive without supplementary feeding. History: The breed was first developed by Sir Jock Buchanan-Jardine during the early twentieth century from Manx Loghtan, Moorit Shetland and wild Mouflon sheep. History: A breeding programme involved crossing the famous Dishley Leicester flock with Teeswaters or Cheviots in the 18th century to give Blucaps or Redlegs. Ideally she should have an all black body and black head with a white blaze from the top of the head to the nose, two white socks on the rear legs and a white tip to her tail. Its dense fleece is white and the breed does not have horns. Both rams and ewes are naturally polled. Both sexes are horned. Geography: Breeders of Llandovery Whiteface remain concentrated in the Llandovery area of Carmarthenshire, but demand for the breeding females comes from throughout Wales and beyond for production of Welsh Mules and Welsh Halfbreds. It can be used within a commercial cross to increase milkiness in breeding females. More on the Dorset Horn & Poll Dorset Sheep Breeders website. Breed attributes: A maternal hill breed, the Welsh Hill Speckled Face is well adapted to harsh climates and extreme terrain, but will also do well on more lowland farms. Commercial desirability: The British Roussin Sheep Society promotes the breed as being suitable for early lambing flocks, as rams will work out of season. The breed is suitable for crossing with both Terminal sire and Hill and Upland breeds.. Commercial desirability: The Cambridge Sheep Society promotes the breed for crossing, boosting prolificacy and providing easy lambing in other breeds. The fleece is white and close and both males and females are hornless. The Cheviot and the Merino were used in the breed’s development in the 17th century and the Whitefaced Woodland Sheep Society was established in 1986. Commercial desirability: The Jacob Sheep Society promotes the breed as being hugely improved over the past 40 years, combining ease of management with good meat production. The poll is well covered with wool, and adorned by a ‘top-knot’ and the face is a uniform dark colour. Breed attributes: The breed originated in an upland/heathland environment and is known predominantly a dairy ewe, offering prolificacy and high milk production. More information on the British Berrichon Sheep Society website. It promotes the breed for its evidence-based performance credentials to enable producers to make a profit from supplying lambs into the food chain. The purpose of this hardy breed of sheep was originally to graze the dykes in Holland helping with the maintenance. 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