NORTH & EAST ENGLAND SHEEP BREEDERS CLUB
Open Day

(Flock 1299) Mr and Mrs Graham Fort & Family, Brighton House Farm,
Whitley Head, Steeton, Keighley, BD20 6QT  

Crowds flocked to Graham & Mandy Fort and family's Open Day at Brighton
House Farm, Steeton, Keighley on Sunday 17 August. This was an opportunity
to see some 800 Lleyns and 200 Suffolks thriving on a Yorkshire hill farm.



The highlight of the day was the comparison of a pure bred Lleyn lamb
carcass with that of a Suffolk cross Lleyn carcass, first on the hook and
then ably cut up by butcher Paul Nicholson from Malton. This clearly
demonstrated the benefits of choosing the Lleyn  in commercial prime lamb
production.



The Lleyn breed is becoming well known for its prolificacy, mothering
ability, economical grazing and the ability to produce both pure and cross
bred prime lambs. The breed originates from the Lleyn peninsula in North
Wales and in the 1960s was a rare breed heading towards possible extinction.



The event was sponsored by the North and East Lleyn Sheep Breeders Group ,
Graham Fort being the new Chairman, Linda Barnard the Secretary and Shirley
Daniel the Treasurer. For more information on sale dates etc. contact either
Graham on 01535 654739 or Linda on 01653 698580.

or e-mail: LindaBarnard@farmersweekly.net