Rare Breed Sheep Fleeces from our Scottish Island Farm
We are a small island hill farm in the north of Scotland; we only keep rare and native breed sheep. Because the sheep we keep are unimproved breeds their fleece is very different to other fleeces you may have worked with.
Generally all our sheep fleeces are
- Longer Staple length
- Rich in natural lanolin
- With some crimp or curl
What is an unimproved breed?
Most sheep that are kept in the UK have been breed over centuries to increase their size and meat content. This is because their lambs are then worth more at market. All of our sheep would be classed as unimproved, the lambs are much smaller at the point they would be slaughtered and are worth much less at market.
We keep the following breeds
Find out more about Rare Breed Sheep
- Rare Breeds Survival Trust – UK based charity which promotes the breeding of rare breed animals
- National Sheep Association – find out about all breeds of sheep kept here in the UK
Thank you for supporting our Family Farm
By purchasing from us you are helping to support Britain’s native breed sheep which are under threat from increasingly commercialised sheep farming and cheap imported lamb.
Our Customers Say…
Quick delivery, lovely product very good wool.
Sue Gee
Brilliant all round, many thanks. A*
BlondeRavenart
Rare Breeds Survival Trust are a wonderful organisations that are critical to ensuring the continuation of the Boreray Breed of sheep.
Our farm is proud to support RBST in the work they do.