agility and motherliness of shaggy hill sheep, such as Swaledales and Herdwicks, with more prolific-breeding upland strains— Bluefaced Leicester or Devon and Cornwall longwool, perhaps—and then ...

The Dykes have over a thousand ewes and use a variety of breeds of rams. They use Bluefaced Leicester rams with Scottish Blackface sheep to produce prolific Scotch mules, and they use meatier ...

A dairy farmer with a passion for pedigree sheep, he previously bred show winning Border Leicester sheep. He is however most renowned for breeding superior quality Texel sheep and numerous females ...