We started in 1995 with the import of 12 ewes and 1 ram and
no knowledge whatsoever of Shetland sheep.
Before Shetlands came into our lives we bred Suffolk and Texel. Gradually,
we learned that because of wool quality, colours and markings, breeding Shetland
sheep is very different from breeding any other breed.
Linda le Grand has since than
focused on color inheritance and Betty
Stikkers on wool quality. Wilbert Frieling deals with the health status
of our animals.
Due to various imports we managed to introduce several markings and colours.
Fair Isle has a homogeneous katmoget and gulmoget group and also the whole
colours moorit, black and gray. We also have a grey bersugget yuglet English
ewe.
Fair Isle has a herd of 6 breeding rams.1 katmoget rams, 1 gulmoget ram, 1
moorit ram, 1 black ram, 1 sheala ram and 1 flecket ram. Every October it
is very exciting to make the breeding groups and the start of the lambing
season is even more exiting.
