I have 50 plus sheep and need to cut it down to about 30... so I am going to offer quite a few sheep this year. Herd reduction sales are the best time to buy from established breeders, because you know that there will be alot of nice breeding stock available. It is a painful decision, but a necessary one for me. The list is long, so individual photos (in the interest of download time) will be upon request. All will be shorn (except lambs), vaccinated , wormed and feet trimmed before leaving. All will be scrapie tagged and come with a 5 generation pedigree.

Bluefaced Leicester (registered with BLUNA) a RAREBREED in the U.S. and the finest fiber diameter of all the Leicester breeds. In the U.K. they are used as a crossing sire for meat sheep and contribute large size , length of loin and multiplicity. Color is extremely rare in BFLs and it was only in the last couple years, that colored semen was available by import from the U.K. Quiet disposition. Good mothers / lots of milk. Rams are non-aggressive and gentlemanly. Clean faces, legs and bellies... easy to shear.

Beechtree Leighford - #28green. White twin ewe Born 2003 out of sire: BT Cutler of Morea (out of Ebony Boy) and dam: BT Lady Leafield. She is friendly and easy to catch. Has had twins every year and has produced colored offspring when bred to color... so carries the recessive black gene. She was tested OPP negative in 2005, when I bought her. $350 SOLD

HMFF Hollyhock's Boy A08 - twin white ram born 2008 out of BT Blackpark (GC Colored BFL ram) and HMFF Hollyhock (white BFL) Born premature and bottle raised on goatsmilk! Will be friendly. $250 / $150 if wethered

HMFF Hollyhock's Boy B08 - twin black ram born 2008 out of BT Blackpark (GC Colored BFL ram) and HMFF Hollyhock (white BFL) Born premature and bottle raised on goatsmilk! Will be friendly. $250 / $150 if wethered SOLD

3/4ths and one 7/8ths Bluefaced Leicester choose a ram to improve the fleece on any breed of sheep! Looks like BFL, but more fleeceweight and staple length plus lower price. Very stylish in appearance . Easy to shear. More vigor than the BFL.

HMFF Dartmoor #225yellow White twin ram Born 2006 out of Beechtree Blackpark (GC Colored BFL Ram) and HMFF Danielle (spectacular white triplet Hybrid ewe). Classic blue skin. Stylish conformation. Great fleece $300

HMFF Silver Fox # 220yellow Silver twin ram Born 2006 out of Beechtree Blackpark (GC Colored BFL Ram) and HMFF Danielle (spectacular white triplet Hybrid ewe) Stylish conformation. Great fleece Proven breeder. $300

HMFF Grant #0261white White ram Born 2007 out of BT Blackpark (GC Colored BFL ram) and HMFF Gwendolyn ( gorgeous LONG stapled Hybrid). Grant was the biggest ram lamb of 2007 and is a real beauty! $300

HMFF Ravenn's Girl08 - black (probably silver) twin ewe lamb born 3-6-08 out of BT Blackpark (GC Colored BFL ram) and HMFF Ravenn (silver Hybrid) $300 SOLD

HMFF Ravenn's Boy08 - black twin ram lamb born 3-6-08 out of BT Blackpark (GC Colored BFL ram) and HMFF Ravenn (silver Hybrid) $225 / $150 wethered

HMFF Gwendoyn's Boy08 black lamb out of HMFF Silver Fox (3/4 BFL) and HMFF Gwendolyn (long stapled white Hybrid) Not quite 3/4 by the book, but more BFL than a Hybrid... so placed in this category. Should be a beauty! $225 / $150 if wethered

HMFF Donja - a white ewe yearling born 2007 out of BT Blackpark (GC Colored BFL ram ) and HMFF Darcy (3/4ths BFL). that makes this ewe lamb 7/8ths BFL and should be indistinguishable from the fullblooded BFL. Very stylish with blue skin and a pretty pretty fleece! $350 SOLD

Hybrid Leicester ( BFL x Border Leicester) produce my BEST fleeces ... the perfect combination of staple length and fine fiber diameter plus luster! And the sheep themselves are vigorous and productive.

HMFF GrisGris #217yellow rare badger patterned ram Born 2006. Out of Beechtree Blackpark (GC Colored BFL ram) and HMFF Guenevere (long stapled white Border Leicester) Proven breeder $300

HMFF Jacinda #151blue White twin ewe born 2004 out of sire: Lelli's Danforth (white BFL out of Pinkerton/Laird line) and HMFF Jasmina (silver BL) Good mom that has produced all ewe lambs so far... so I can let her go. $250 SOLD

HMFF Danielle's Boy08 twin lamb out of HMFF GrisGris (silver badger Hybrid) and HMFF Danielle (spectacular white triplet Hybrid) White . $200 / $150 if wethered

HMFF Improved Border Leicester I worked for alot of years to get these Borders where I want them... gorgeous LONG stapled fleeces, but with a soft handle and uniform character locks. VERY good mothers. Easy to handle. With clean faces and legs, they are easy to shear.

HMFF White Knight #161yellow - BIG bodied white ram born in 2004 out of HMFF Jupiter (badger patterned silver BL) and HMFF Guenevere (lovely white BL). Has super long staple length and massive fleeceweights (last spring he sheared 15 lbs!). Proven herdsire, but time to move on. $300

HMFF Rapunzel #131pink - silver ewe born 2002 out of HMFF Bartholemew (black BL) and HMFF Rachel (black BL). So far has twinned every other year (due for twins in 2009) and has produced all black offspring. Shearing 6+ lb fleeces. $250 SOLD

HMFF Rapunzel's Boy08 - black ram born 3-18-08 out of HMFF GrisGris (silver badger Hybrid) and HMFF Rapunzel (silver BL). $200 / $150 wethered

HMFF Beltane's Boy08 - white lamb born 3-30-08 out of HMFF GrisGris (silver badger Hybrid) and HMFF Beltane (white BL) $200 / $150 wethered

HMFF Guilless's Boy08 - white lamb born 4-12-08 out of HMFF White Knight (white BL) and HMFF Guilless ( white Hybrid) $200 / $150 wethered

A Handspinners Flock - wethers are the ideal spinners flock... you can get assorted breeds to suit your desires without worrying about them crossbreeding into something no one wants. No worrying about frozen newborn lambs. They do nothing but eat grass and put it all into growing gorgeous fleeces... in fact, better fleeces than either rams or ewes! Most of the 2008 ram lambs, if not sold as rams this month, will be wethered so I can retain them if they don't sell as lambs. I won't send them to market... they are just too valuable. At a return of $16-18 per lb raw fleece, a wether will have paid for himself within one and a half years!

SAVING MONEY TIP: Put your money into fencing , instead of lawnmower gas or tractor fuel, and let that glut of summer grass grow saleable fleeces for you! If you already have fencing, put in cross-fencing so you can rotate pastures and graze most of the year... that will save on winter feed costs.