August 2017
Mid Somerset Show
We were up at 3.45am and loading our brown sheep in the dark was an interesting experience! We had 5 on board, Laura, Winne, Twirl, Gizmo & Twix. Laura and Twirl were on first in the Ewe Lamb class. I knew Twirl wouldn’t get placed as she is later born than than the others, she […]
Northern Bloodlines Came South!
The genetics of our flock is strengthened by its diversity of bloodlines from different regions of the UK. Our original ewes Barbara, Gale & Titch we bought from the Maesgwyn flock in Cardigan in Wales. We then returned to Wales a few months later to buy Fudge, Marble & Dotty from the Y Fenni flock […]
Chagford Show
In showing classes yesterday Georgie & Smeafield Xindel (Twix) & me with Smeafield Xowie (Gizmo). HUGE classes for Any Other British Breed…..the row of competitors just went on….and on. Gizmo was pulled in in top 6 so really pleased. There were some very big and quality sheep there, lovely day at a really nice show. […]
Laura
We bought Laura as a ewe lamb from Michele Varmen of the Snelson Coloured Ryeland flock. Laura pretty much insisted we buy her when we were there looking at Michele’s other stock for sale. Laura would constantly stand in front of us, nibble, nudge and cuddle up. So we had to take her! We are […]
Rachel
Rachel is a lovely ewe lamb we bought from Michele Varmen of the Snelson Coloured Ryeland flock. She is going to be a tremendous ewe once fully matured as she has such a huge range over her back, she really does stand over a lot of ground. This terrific length is one of strengths that […]
Twinnie
Twinnie, obviously a twin! She was only a couple of weeks old when we agreed to buy her from Michele Varmens of the Snelson Coloured Ryeland flock, so it was quite some time for us to wait until she was old enough to wean before we could collect her. She is a character and very […]
Smeafield Xarius
Smeafield Xarius is out of our ewe called Titch and is sired by Greenfield Pendragon. He is now the smallest of our 3 ram lambs but he has the most attractive head of all of them. His pet name is Wally after Walter Raleigh as he was always curios and exploring as a young lamb. […]
Smeafield Xindel
Smeafield Xindel is a twin out of our ewe we call Fudge. He is brother to our ewe lamb called Twirl, and hence Smeafield Xindel is otherwise known as Twix! For all you chocolate lovers – you will see the link! So as stated his dam is Fudge and his sire is Greenfield Pendragon. Twix […]
Smeafield Xowie
Smeafield Xowie is our first born lamb. Known to friends and family as Gizmo! His dam is Marble and his sire is Pendragon, he was born in March at 10pm on a Friday evening. Georgie was desperate to get home from University for the weekend to help with lambing. Sadly Gizmo appeared half an hour […]