Sheep
The sheep being used during the 2020 World Sheep Dog Trials are Scotch Mules.
A mule is a crossbred sheep and is bred by using a lowland ram on a purebred hill ewe. The rams normally used for breeding mules are Bluefaced Leicester, and in this case a Scottish Blackface ewe used to produce the Scotch Mules. The prolificacy of the Bluefaced Leicester is combined with the hardiness and mothering ability of the hill ewe.
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Scotch Mules which will be used during the 2020 World Sheep Dog TrialsPhoto courtesy of Jennie Stephenson |
2020 World Trial Sheep being moved to fresh fodder beet - Dec 2019Photo courtesy of Jennie Stephenson |
