Welcome to the home of Spered Breizh Ouessants. The breed originates from the island of Ouessant, part of a tiny archipelago just off the north coast of Finistere, Brittany. The island of terror as it was known to some, was swept by the full force of the atlantic’s weather, the hardy sheep adapted to survive on poor grazing from salty clifftop meadows. It was the women of the island that raised the sheep, renowned for their black wool to weave into cloth known locally as berlinge and their meat with its sweet and delicate taste.

Bienvenue chez Spered Breizh Ouessants. La race est originaire de l’île d’’Ouessant qui fait parti d’un petit archipel au large du Finistère, Bretagne. L’île de l'épouvante comme c'était connu par certains était balayé par les intempéries de l’atlantique, ces moutons rustiques s'adaptaient à survivre sur les pâturages pauvres des falaises salées. C’était les femmes de l’île qui élevaient les moutons réputés pour leur laine noire à tisser « la berlinge » une étoffe régionale et leur viande avec un goût doux et délicat.

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jeudi 29 novembre 2012

Ram at Work

The field is designed  so that it is possible to section it off into several smaller paddocks and at this time of year those paddocks serve to hold breeding groups. This can mean  having rams on both sides of the fence. The double fencing which will eventually be filled by a hedge is to maintain some distance between the rams to prevent them hammering the fence. This does generally work well but it doesn't stop the rams pacing as can be seen by the well worn track along the edge of the fencing. With the rain we have had over the last few days spotting bred ewes is also not so hard as they are pretty muddy as are the rams!

The double barrier extends to the gates making sure that there is no  possibility of finding a ram in the wrong paddock.




The rest is probably best left to the imagination but judging buy the low chuntering from the rams there is plenty of action day and night. Five months and counting.......:-)
Publié par Kanisha à 21:14
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