About the IndustryBadger Face Welsh Mountain
 DescriptionTorddu, the Welsh name meaning 'black belly' have distinct black stripes above the eyes and a black stripe running from under the chin to the belly and continuing underneath to the end of the tail. The legs are black with a tan stripe. The fleece can be white, grey or light brown, but preference is given to the lighter shades. The wool should be firm and medium length (7-10 cm). The Torwen, the Welsh name meaning 'white belly' show the reverse colouring, but with a smaller eye stripe. Their bodies should be compact and strong and of medium size. Both Torddu and Torwen rams are horned and weigh up to 90kg. Ewes are polled and weigh up to 60kg.Balwen Welsh Mountain
 DescriptionThe Balwen Welsh Mountain sheep is a sheep for all seasons. One of the original Welsh breeds of sheep the Balwen remains as one of the most striking and versatile of all the rare breed sheep. The sheep has a base colour of black, dark brown or dark grey. It has a white stripe running from the pole of the head to the top of the nose, four white feet and half white tail. Average mature ewe weighs 40-50kgs, rams 45-60kgs. Beltex
 DescriptionBeltex is a medium sized sheep, long in the body. It is wedge-shaped from a narrow shoulder to a distinctive large, double-muscled hindquarter. The head is generally white in colour but may have black, blue or brown shadings or patches. The fore face is short and thick. The fleece is tight, dense of medium staple length. Average male bodyweight 95kg. Berrichon Du Cher
 DescriptionThe Berrichon du Cher is a polled white faced sheep with a medium fleece of high quality. The body being compact well muscled and medium to large status. Average mature ewe weighs 90kg, rams 130kg. Beulah Speckled Face
 DescriptionThe face and legs are free from wool and distinctly speckled. Ewes are hornless, as are the majority of rams. A long head is preferred with erect ears pointing slightly forward. The fleece is white, free from any other colours, varying from high quality to longer coarse fibres. Lambing percentages average 160% -170%. Average mature ewe weighs 52kg, rams 86kg. Blackface
 DescriptionThe most numerous of British breeds, the Blackface is found over a wide spectrum of hill and marginal ground throughout Great Britain and Ireland. All Blackface's are horned, with black or black and white face and legs. The fleece should be free of black fibre, and can vary from short, fine wool used for carpets and tweeds to strong coarse, which is mainly sold for the Italian mattress trade. Influenced by climate, environment and grazing quality several distinct types have evolved within the breed and are generally identified by the centres at which they are sold. The Perth type, a large framed sheep with a medium to heavy coat, is found mainly in North East Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Lanark type is dominant in Central and Southern Scotland and the Borders. It is of medium length, with a shorter, denser coat than that of the Perth type. Over the past 30 years a strong influence of Newton Stewart blood has been introduced; benefiting both milking ability and hardiness. The original Newton Stewart or Galloway type is a compact, burly sheep with a short, thick rain resistant coat, and is found, in its native South West Scotland, and many of the hard wet areas of the West of Scotland, the Hebrides, and Ireland. In the North of England the large framed, soft-coated Northumberland Blackface is influential in the breeding of the North of England Mule. Average adult bodyweight: Upland 70kg; Ave./good hill 50-65kg; poor hill 45-50kg Black Welsh Mountain
 DescriptionHardiness and self-reliance are the outstanding features of this ancient breed. Hill flocks of this breed, in normal conditions, require no supplementary feeding, they thrive on the short rough grasses and herbage of the unploughable uplands. Average mature ewe weighs 45kg, rams 60-65kg. Bleu Du Maine
 DescriptionThe Bleu du Maine is a large grassland sheep with slate blue/grey colouring in its head. It has a very alert eye, large nostrils and ears and no horns. Average mature ewe weighs 80-120kg, rams 110-180kg. Bluefaced Leicester
 DescriptionThe Bluefaced Leicester should have a broad muzzle, good mouth, a tendency towards a 'Roman' nose, bright alert eyes and long erect ears. The colour of the head skin should be dark blue showing through white hair although a little brown hair on the head and legs is acceptable. Border Leicester
 DescriptionA distinctive large white sheep, long in body, well sprung ribs with well developed chest and gigot, proud and graceful with white densely planted wool, 18-20cms in length. Average mature ewe weighs 80-100kg, rams 125-150kg. Boreray
 DescriptionThe Boreray is a primitive breed. They stand approximately 55cm at the withers. The tail is short. Both sexes are horned and the horns of the ram are large and spiral. The face and legs are black, tan or grey, often with dark marks on a white background. The wool is predominantly cream or light tan with a small proportion of sheep having grey or dark brown wool. There is sometimes a dark rump patch and a dark colour, particularly in rams. Average mature ewe weighs 30kg. Brecknock Hill Cheviot
 DescriptionWhite face and legs. Ears erect with no ruff of wool behind them. No wool on face or legs below knee or hock. Broad, strong back. Rams are occasionally horned, ewes are polled. Average mature ewe weighs 60kg, rams 90kg. British Inra 401
 DescriptionThe British INRA 401 is a highly productive breeding ewe which has 200% prolificacy, excellent out of season fertility, good milk production and outstanding mothering ability. The head is bright, kindly and alert, with good teeth and no horns. The ears are long and thin, the head white with a pink nose. The ideal British INRA 401 has a firm fleece of uniform quality and fibre length. Some chocolate coloured skin pigment is acceptable. The body should be well proportioned with an even back, a well sprung rib and good bone structure. The British INRA 401 should stand and walk well and be of a good size. Average mature ewe weighs 60 - 70kg. British Milksheep
 DescriptionThe British Milksheep is a medium to large polled sheep with a predominantly white face and legs. The head is usually free from wool, the muzzle broad and the ears long. The ewe is naturally prolific and is noted for its quiet temperament which is important in the management of high performance sheep. The conformation of the ewe, particularly the roomy pelvic area, ensures that lambing is easy. The rams have a long body and good hindquarters. They are robust and active being keen and vigorous workers all through the year.Average mature ewe weighs 80kg, rams 110kg.Cambridge
 DescriptionDark faced, polled, medium sized with an average quality white fleece. Average mature ewe weighs 75kg, rams 100kg. Castlemilk Moorit
 DescriptionThe Castlemilk Moorit is a long-legged, short-tailed sheep with a moorit (light tan) fleece and distinct Mouflon-patterned markings, that is white patches on the underbelly, rump, lower jaw, knees and inside lower legs and around the eyes. The ewes have two uniform and wide-spreading horns whilst rams have heavy spiralling horns. The legs are clean, the back straight and the ribs well sprung. The fleece is tight and even throughout, very soft to touch and deep chocolate at the base fading to light brown at the tips of the fibres. There is no kemp in the main body of the fleece, particularly in young animals although a little kemp around the tops of the legs and in the breech is acceptable. Staple length is 4-7cm, Bradford Count 48-50 demi-lustre and average fleece weight is about 1kg. Average mature ewe weighs 35-40kg, rams 50-55kg. The Castlemilk Moorit is Britain's rarest breed of sheep. Charmoise Hill
 DescriptionThe Charmoise is a polled white faced and white legged sheep with a deep body coated in a tight fleece of good quality. It has the most excellent conformation with short neck well muscled loins and strong gigots. It is light of bone and very alert and lively from birth. Average mature ewe weighs 65-70kg, rams 80-90kg. Charollais
 DescriptionThe Charollais is a medium to large sized sheep, long, well muscled with thick, deep gigots. The body is long with a well muscled broad loin and wide deep chest. The head is free from wool, pinkish/grey in colour sometimes with spots. The line of the shoulders should retain a wedge shape which is so important for ease of lambing. The legs are clean, quite short, coloured but never very dark. The front legs should not be set too wide apart and animal must be well balanced. The gigots are well developed, thick and deep. The breed is primarily a terminal sire and the fleshing quality is of the highest importance. Excessive bone is undesirable in the breed; the fineness of bone contributes to the high killing out percentage achieved by the breed. The fleece is white, fine and dense, the staple length quite short. Average mature ewe weighs 80-100kg, rams 100-150kg. Cheviot
 DescriptionA white faced Hill sheep from the Scottish Borders. The ewe has fine hard white hair on her face over the crown and on her legs which should have a fine, flat quality bone. The fleece should be dense and firm with no kemp or coloured hair. The rams can have horns. Clun Forest
 DescriptionThe breed are sharp and alert in appearance being of medium size they have fine wool which is sought after. The face and legs are dark brown with a grey muzzle not unusual but a speckled face and jaw is very undesirable and becoming very rare. Both rams and ewes are hornless with clean faces a distinctive boss of wool on the forehead with very sharp ears set at about five to one.
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