Somerhill Bluefaced Leicesters
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Some historical pictures of interest.   The Firth ewes came from David Firth in Nova Scotia.   Our first BFL ewes were Blacklock Marty and Nova.  They came from Bruce Blacklock in River John, Nova  Scotia, and were purchased in 1995.    The lambs in the pictures are all sired by Blacklock River John, and were born in 1997.  They represent our second lambing.
Firth 001C and son, Somerhill Aviemore
Firth 353E and Somerhill Pearl
Firth 018C
Firth 365E and
Somerhill Belle
Firth 514C"Fern" and
son, Somerhill Aberdeen
Bayshore Noah, purchased in 1991
Noah, in fleece
Blacklock River John
Somerhill is one of the founding flocks of BFL in the US.  We bought our first ram in 1991, and promptly
fell in love with the breed.  Finally in 1995, we were able to locate and purchase 2 ewes and a ram lamb
and had them brought into the US from the Blacklock flock in Nova Scotia.  The following year, 12 more ewes and a ram arrived when the Firth flock was dispersed.
In 2000, we did our first AI, using semen from
Gwystedd Jamie, Rossiebank Laird, and Beeston Loyalty; all UK rams.  At the time, there were fewer than 100 BFLs in the US.  Since then, we've also done AI using semen from Barlaes Titus and Carryhouse R1. 
Assuming all goes well, we will be doing AI this fall using semen from a Welsh ram from the Llwygy flock.
Llwygy 1706/X1 E+      Twin ARR/ARR                 Photo by Jared LLoyd