Bluefaced Leicester Fleece

     Bluefaced Leicester fleeces are a very desirable and marketable fiber product.  There is a high demand for both purebred Bluefaced Leicester and crossbred Bluefaced Leicester fleeces.  Many shepherds who keep sheep primarily for their fiber use a Bluefaced Leicester ram on their ewes of other breeds to improve the quality of the fleeces on their lambs.  A Bluefaced Leicester ram will impart improved character, length, and fineness to the fleeces of his longwool offspring, and I wholeheartedly recommend that shepherds consider using a Bluefaced Leicester ram on their ewes, if their goal is to produce top quality fleeces. 

A white BFL fleece and a natural colored BFL-X fleece

Fleeces that have been covered stay incredibly clean.

A disadvantage to using a marking harness on rams at breeding time

Sample of fleece from a 3/4 BFL x 1/4 BL ram lamb

Fleece on a natural colored 3/4 BFL yearling

A natural colored 3/4 BFL yearling in full fleece

The Wool Shed at Trial & Error Acres

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