Valais Blacknose Sheep For Sale UK
Breeders from across the UK, including Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis and Tomintoul, flocked to the event to show off their stock and make purchases for the future. Auctioneers Harrison and Hetherington took the top bid for the reserve supreme champion from the pre-sale show. This was March-born ram lamb Westmorland Edward from Tim…
The most adorable sheep in the world are in Carlisle for the 2nd ever exhibit focused on a unique Swiss breed, Valais Black-nosed Sheep. They’re becoming more and more popular with farm owners and smallholders around the UK. The 1st exhibit of Blacknose Beauties at Borderway Mart a year ago drawn hundreds of guests. ITV…
It’s not puppies Jimmy Osmond is loving right now, it’s some really adorable and very rare sheep. The 54-year-old has purchased some uncommon domestic pets that appear to be real life versions of Shaun The Sheep and his pals. They’re two very rare Valais Blacknose sheep, and Jimmy, who found popularity in the Seventies as…
Barry the lamb is growing up with 6 puppies in a Hampshire home right after being rejected by his mother as a newborn baby. He reacts to the call of his name, just like a dog, as well as sharing a dog bed with a puppy called Dexter. Owners and nearby neighbours Emma Childs and…
At a Texas livestock show Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg revealed his dream sheep. A video from the Star-Telegram catches the Facebook CEO getting his goat geek on at the Fort Worth Stock Show. He asks about the breeds being exhibited, and then talks about his own menagerie: “I think we have Nigerians, the small ones that…
The first show outside Switzerland of one of the world’s rarest breeds of sheep is being held in Carlisle. The Valais blacknose is so unusual most farmers outside the Alpine nation were not aware of the breed until recently. But its distinctive looks, which have seen it called the cutest sheep in the world, has…
Come and see the cutest sheep in the World. 20th August 2016, 10am at Borderway Mart, Rosehill, Carlisle CA1 2RS. Free Admission and Parking. For more information, please visit http://valaisblacknosesheepsociety.co.uk/ or contact Jenni McAllister at info@ valaisblacknosesheepsociety.co.uk. Source: VBSSUK Blacknose Beauties eflyer 2016
ABOUT THE SOCIETY “(…) The UK Valais Blacknose Society was formed in the new year of 2015 by Jenni McAllister, Raymond Irvine and Jamie Wood. Now that there is a solid presence of Valais Blacknose Sheep here in the UK we felt the need to form a society in order to record and preserve the…
