Purebred Registered Shropshire Flock

Shropshires are the tri-purpose breed:

- They thrive on pasture and produce meat of excellent quality, being both good terminal sires and excellent mothers.

- They are the "tree-friendly" breed, being able to graze tree plantations and orchards without damaging the trees. They're now being used in vineyards too.

- They have wool that is good enough for hand knitting.

 

The ewes are excellent mothers with long productive lives, also being able to naturally cycle early for lambs from December onwards. The Lambs are vigorous, grow fast and produce a good meaty carcass. They can finish from grass alone.

 

Shropshires have the ability to lamb early. As dams, Shropshires are good mothers - being docile and milky, rearing twin lambs with ease. They are prolific and can achieve lambing percentages of 160% and above. They are extremely hardy and have a long productive flock life.

 

Shropshire sheep produce high quality wool, suitable for hand knitting and a wide range of other uses. The sheep have a more complete covering of wool than any other Downland breed, and produce a heavy, dense fleece weighing between 2 and 3kg.

The wool is described by the British Wool Marketing Board as "Fine with a pleasantly soft handle and almost free from kemp and grey and black fibres". The staple length is typically between 10 to 15cm and Shropshire wool has a Bradford Quality Count of 54s to 56s.