Beechtrees 'Rossdale'

Beechtrees 'Rossdale'

#26-green, Twin, codon: ARR/ARR

sire of the ewe lamb # 47-green listed in the online auction

*see the posts below

Online Auction: MSBA Bred Ewe Sale

The Michigan Sheep Breeders Association is utilizing an online auction service to host it's Annual Fall Bred Ewe Sale.

Beechtree Farm has entered two ewes in the sale.

A white ewe lamb # 47-green, and a natural colored ewe lamb # 31-green.

To view the online auction go to:

http://www.maxanet.com/cgi-bin/mnlist.cgi?hunker3/category/BEECHTREE-FARM

bidding begins on Oct. 24th, and ends on Oct. 25th.

* see the posts below for photos and pedigree information on each ewe entry.

47-green 'Camomile'

Beechtrees 'Camomile'

31-green 'NyteMist'

Beechtrees 'NyteMist'

To view the Michigan Bred Ewe Sale online auction information visit:

www.breedersworldonlinesales.com

Blue Leicester Ewes ~ For Sale

We have a lovely group of purebred Bluefaced Leicester adult and yearling ewes ~ For Sale.

These ewes represent our diverse UK genetics, and include white and natural colored Leicesters, as well as some of our past show Champions.

We are offering two different breeding groups, consisting of 5 ewes each, with an

unrelated ram (of your choice).

We also offer individual animals for those folks who are looking to add a specific

UK bloodline or trait to their flock.

email for more details: beechtrfrm@aol.com

For Sale:

Beechtrees 'Belhaven'

Three time Champion in 2007

Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival

Here are a few photos of the my Bluefaced Leicesters that placed at the WSWF.

CH BFL Ewe ~ White Show

Beechtrees 'Paisley'

Judge: Glenn Shapiro 'HAZELWOOD FARM'

Beechtrees 'Paisley'
Rossiebank X3 daughter

CH BFL Ewe ~ Colored Show

Beechtrees 'Coelbren'
Rossiebank X3 daughter

CH BFL Ram ~ White Show

Beechtrees 'Kirkhope'
Cocklaw T1 x CarryHouse V2

LGD pups at work

Arthur & George

out in the pasture with the ewes and lambs

Bluefaced Leicester Sheep For Sale

Beechtree Farm has an outstanding selection of purebred Bluefaced Leicester ewes, rams, and lambs available in both white and natural colored for your purebred and fleece flocks, as well as for commercial crossing sires. Our adult ewes are proven dams with progeny records available to prospective buyers. Our available rams are utilized in both our purebred, as well as our commercial 'Mule' flock with selection emphasis based on their ability to stamp their genetics on their progeny. We strive to produce purebred stock of the highest quality available in the USA, with rigid selection based on progeny performance and conforming to the breed standard.

Our goal is to preserve and produce purebred Bluefaced Leicesters which exhibit the outstanding qualities and traits which has made it the UK's # 1 sire of commercial ewes for prime grass fed lamb production. To this end Beechtree has elected not to follow the current USA trend of creating a sheep with greater range of fleece colors and patterns, or of increasing the fiber micron diameter and fleece weights. We are committed in our efforts to maintaining a purebred flock, and we will forego the use of the available crossbred domestic & imported bloodlines in our Bluefaced Leicester flock.

For complete lists of our available Bluefaced Leicester ewes, rams, and lambs, click on the page navigation buttons above.

Bluefaced Leicester Sires

The lamb pictured below is the progeny of a Cocklaw F1 female bred to a Rossiebank F1 sire.

Our breeding goals are to produce Bluefaced Leicesters that conform to the breed standard and type, while exhibiting sound structure and excellent fleece traits that work for the purebred breeder, as well as the commercial Mule ewe producer.

2010 Lambs

Lambing is finally finished and we have an excellent crop of Bluefaced Leicesters that represent some of the best genetics the UK has to offer.

We will have lambs and yearlings available that carry the Cocklaw T1, and the Rossiebank X3 bloodlines, as well as our previously imported lines, in both white & natural colored.

Sired by a CarryHouse V2 blend (on the left) and by a Rossiebank F1 ( on the right)

Sired by a Cocklaw F1

Lambs Due for Easter

Oops! I guess no one told 'Bryn' about the lambing due date, and what the lambing chart said when her due date would be.

Nick the shearer was just packing up on Wednesday evening after doing our yearlings, and there was a strange nickering noise coming from the aged ewes pen. I came around that side of the barn just in time to see a ewe chase the LGD's out the door and then proceed to have her water bag break. Good thing I had the lambing area set up and waiting for this coming weekend.

' Bryn' w/ her twin ram lambs, sired by 'Chacewater'

our first F2 Rossiebanks

Cocklaw & Rossiebank Progeny ~ For Sale

For Sale: Bluefaced Leicesters

This is a rare opportunity to add the newest UK imported bloodlines in your Bluefaced Leicester flock, as well as several of my other UK imports. I have F1 and F2 progeny available of:

ROSSIEBANK X3
The Rossiebank progeny carry dense, well crimped and purled fleeces, good pigment, and great conformation.

Ewe lamb:
4-blue 'Rosebank' F1
white (S) Rossiebank x Titan-CHV2 $425

COCKLAW T1
The Cocklaw progeny have excellent conformation & breed type, and dense- lustrous fleeces.

Ewe lamb:
17-green 'Roslin' F1
white (TRP) Cocklaw x Titan F2 $ 425

Ram lambs:
11-green 'Fernham' F1
white (TRP) Cocklaw x Barlaes F1 $ 450

45-orange 'Rookhope' F2
black (TRP) Cocklaw F1 x CHV2-Barlaes-Titan $ 400

47-orange 'Kirkhope' F2
white (TRP) Cocklaw F1 x CHV2-Barlaes-Titan $ 425

117-black 'Burndale' F2
black (TRP) Cocklaw F1 x Barlaes F1 $ 425

Other bloodlines:

Ewe lambs:
34-orange 'GlenMaye' F2
white (TRP) CHV2 F1 x Barlaes F1 $400

48-ograne 'MidnyteMist'
black (TW) CHV2 F2 x Loyalty-Laird $ 400

Yearling rams:
24-orange 'Verteris' F2
black (TW) CHV2 F1 x Titan F2 $ 500
Stunning, long bodied, fine fleeced- good skin , excellent structure & disposition.
Champion NC BFL ram at WSWF 2009, CH NC LW Ram at MFF

Adult rams:
7-orange 'Haydon' F1
white (S) CarryHouseV2 x EbonyBoy $ 500
Haydon is a proven sire for purebred & mules, he has excellent conformation & breed type, sound feet & legs, and a good mouth. CH BFL ram at WSWF 2008, and CH Mule Progeny Group at WSWF 2008.

57-black 'Silverdale' F1
black (TW) Barlaes x EbonyBoy $450
To date, Silverdale has been our most consistent sire of purebred progeny, stamping his offspring with long bodies, good feet & legs, and stunning fleeces. Just about every ewe and ram in the flock carries him as its sire or grand sire.

Email me at: beechtrfrm@aol.com for more details.

Bluefaced Photographic History Tour

During my recent visit with Glenn Shapiro at her Hazelwood Farm, I took the opportunity to take a few photographs of the Bluefaced Leicester photo collections that were throughout the house. These represent some of Hazelwood's finest Leicesters from the past and present.