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This is rare and has only just escaped extinction, it has a large frame, a mop of wool over the crown of its head, and its fleece is generally white and falls in long ringlets. It also adapts to a variety of environments.
Border Leicester:
These sheep are docile, easy to keep, prolific breeders, they make good mothers and are known for the quick growth of lambs. The ewes lamb on pasture in late spring and need little or no attention. They are of medium size, and have bare legs and an open face – both of which makes shearing easier. Although the Border Leicester has white wool, there are some that are colored. Their wool falls in locks and grows up to 12 inches (30 cm) after 12 months. Fleeces yield between 65and 80% and weigh between 8 to 12 pounds (3.6 – 5.4 kg). The wool of a Border Leicester dyes well and has a mohair-like sheen.
Blue Faced Leicester:
These sheep are quite prolific, they have good maternal instincts and are sheep with a medium to large size frame. Their head has dark blue skin – hence their name – covered with white hair. Their fleece is one of the finest longwool fleeces and semi lustrous, silky and its lock are pencil-like.
Booroola Merino:
This breed of sheep is Australian. They are well known as prolific breeders and also for their high quality, fine wool. Booroola's have such a high lambing rate on account of a single gene, namely the 'F' gene that affects ovulation. In other breeds, ovulation is controlled by a large number of genes. Another excellent characteristic is that this breed can be bred out of season.
Border Cheviot – sometimes referred to as Southern Cheviot:
This is another sheep native to the UK. Cheviots started as a mountain breed in the Cheviot Hills between Scotland and England. They are extremely hardy and known to cope well with hard, cold winters. They cope well with high altitudes and graze well upon hilly pastures. However, they lack herding instinct which is essential for open range raising, but do well in a small farm flock.
They are active, nervous, and alert in both appearance and behavior. Despite their nervousness, they make good mothers, and have a high percentage of twins, and their newborns are hardy. They have small heads, and this is a plus that contributes to easy lambing. They also known to produce good meat lambs.
As for their appearance they are short and have neither wool on their faces nor legs. Their nostrils are black as are their lips, and they have erect, sharp ears. Their fleece is light-weight and is easy to spin.
Border Leicester:
These sheep are docile, easy to keep, prolific breeders, they make good mothers and are known for the quick growth of lambs. The ewes lamb on pasture in late spring and need little or no attention. They are of medium size, and have bare legs and an open face – both of which makes shearing easier. Although the Border Leicester has white wool, there are some that are colored. Their wool falls in locks and grows up to 12 inches (30 cm) after 12 months. Fleeces yield between 65and 80% and weigh between 8 to 12 pounds (3.6 – 5.4 kg). The wool of a Border Leicester dyes well and has a mohair-like sheen.
Blue Faced Leicester:
These sheep are quite prolific, they have good maternal instincts and are sheep with a medium to large size frame. Their head has dark blue skin – hence their name – covered with white hair. Their fleece is one of the finest longwool fleeces and semi lustrous, silky and its lock are pencil-like.
Booroola Merino:
This breed of sheep is Australian. They are well known as prolific breeders and also for their high quality, fine wool. Booroola's have such a high lambing rate on account of a single gene, namely the 'F' gene that affects ovulation. In other breeds, ovulation is controlled by a large number of genes. Another excellent characteristic is that this breed can be bred out of season.
Border Cheviot – sometimes referred to as Southern Cheviot:
This is another sheep native to the UK. Cheviots started as a mountain breed in the Cheviot Hills between Scotland and England. They are extremely hardy and known to cope well with hard, cold winters. They cope well with high altitudes and graze well upon hilly pastures. However, they lack herding instinct which is essential for open range raising, but do well in a small farm flock.
They are active, nervous, and alert in both appearance and behavior. Despite their nervousness, they make good mothers, and have a high percentage of twins, and their newborns are hardy. They have small heads, and this is a plus that contributes to easy lambing. They also known to produce good meat lambs.
As for their appearance they are short and have neither wool on their faces nor legs. Their nostrils are black as are their lips, and they have erect, sharp ears. Their fleece is light-weight and is easy to spin.