Lleyn Sheep Society

Lleyn sheep originate from the Lleyn peninsula in Wales and until recently were a relatively unfamiliar breed of sheep in the UK.
Over the past 10 years the Lleyn breed has caught the eye of many farmers, and now Lleyn sheep can be found almost all over the Country.
Farmers soon find that the Lleyn ewe is an ideal sheep, quiet in nature, prolific, has great maternal instincts, milky, & will not eat you out of house and home, The Lleyn fits in to many situations and its versatility suits both lowland and upland grazing.
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Cyfieithiad Cymraeg

Payments in Euros
The Society has now opened a Euro account so that members in the Euro-zone can pay subscriptions and registration fees in that currency.

Ewe Lamb Registration
You can now register your 2008 born Lleyn ewe lambs.
Find out how simple it is to register your ewe lambs and reap the rewards of producing pedigree Lleyn.
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Royal Show Reports
Fid out who's won what at the Highland, Royal Show & the Royal Welsh

Lleyn Sheep Society Introduce New Tag for Registered Sheep
The Lleyn Sheep Society has introduced a new tagging system to help identify all pedigree registered Rams and Female sheep.The new tagging system has been introduced to give the breed a clear identity to all pedigree registered sheep
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Lleyn ewes

Earl of Rosebery - Lleyn making big savings
Lord Rosebery’s estate, close to the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, has traditionally run a lowland flock of 1000 North of England Mule ewes which were crossed with Texel and Suffolk rams in a conventional enterprise producing prime and store lambs.The decision to retain some Texel-sired ewe lambs to reduce replacement costs proved unsuccessful as the lambing percentage reduced and ewe margins fell in line with the lower level of output.When the Lleyn was suggested, and its proven achievements discussed, Mr Stewart admits: “It just all seemed too good to be true. We asked ourselves if the Lleyn really could solve all our problems and make it seem so simple. Read More>>

Lleyns

Building a profitable sheep enterprise with economies of scale and the prolific Lleyn
One Northern Ireland sheep producer has set a five year goal to turn his sheep enterprise from the bottom 25% to the top 25% of DARD benchmarked flocks by increasing ewe numbers and introducing a low input easy care system, high SRS terminal sires and the prolific Lleyn as a damline to produce quality finished lamb.
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Check out The Lleyn Characteristics
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Breeders Page
Take a look at our NEW Flock promotion section
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Shows & Events
The Lleyn Sheep Society will be out and about this Summer at various shows and events throughout the UK & Ireland
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E News
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Bluetongue
Keep up to date with the latest situation regarding Bluetongue disease

Victoria Horton
Has started her new role as Promotions & Breed Development Officer for the Society.
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New Team at the Top
Nia Williams was elected as President, with Wynne Davies vice president at the recent Society AGM.
John Adams has been elected as the new Chairman of the Lleyn Sheep Society, Christine Thompson is the new Vice Chair. Take a look at the new Council members, if you have comments to make contact your local council member or the Chairman or Vice.
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The Lleyn Sheep Society is operate a database of sheep for sale, to let prospective purchasers of Lleyn sheep know what is available and where.
If you want to buy Lleyn sheep
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If you want to sell Lleyn sheep
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Cannot find the sheep you are looking for?
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LLEYN - THE MATERNAL BREED - BRED WITH MEAT IN MIND
The maternal breed, bred with meat in mind - that is what over a 1000 Lleyn breeders believe will ensure their breed has a growing future as it continues its sweep through the UK.
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Crossbred Success
Efficient, milky mothers to terminal sire lambs Carcase quality and tight skins from Lleyn dam
Crossbred ewe lambs for replacements
Use a Lleyn ram for an injection of maternal traits in hill or crossbred flocks
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Year Letter
For 2008 the number 08 will be used
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Take a look at other featured flocks and see how the Lleyn is performing countrywide.
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Maedi visna – what is it?
Many flock owners join the Maedi visna accreditation scheme so that they can enter shows or breed society sales however a number of people are unaware of exactly what maedi visna (MV) is.
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Why not Become a Member Of the Lleyn Sheep Society
Have you bought Lleyn sheep this year?
Have you joined the Lleyn Sheep Society?
If not why not consider joining one of the fastest growing Sheep Societies.
To receive a membership application pack.
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Glimpse of the past
Sixty-nine years ago a Lleyn ewe was in the limelight in both the local and national press. The farmer and stock breeder had a write up of this rare occurrence, of a ewe giving birth to five even live lambs.
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