Once the Zwartbles wool has been rinsed twice it is then dried in the drying room until it is completely dry. It is brought out in bags and placed on the floor in front of the teasing machine. … Continue reading
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ZSA Southern Ireland Zwartbles Sheep Association AGM
ZSA Southern Ireland AGM
Please mark your diary for Saturday 15th December 2012 at The Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore at 7pm for the ZSA Southern Ireland Zwartbles Sheep Association … Continue reading
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All Ireland Flock Competition 2012
Judy Maxwell has written a wonderful news letter with photos of their travels around Ireland visiting all the Zwartbles flocks that entered into the 2012 Zwartbles flock competition.
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When shearing a sheep there is a system; one shears up one side then down the other.
All the while the sheep is moved, rolled, held, and if done correctly relaxes into the system as its … Continue reading
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Shows Having Zwartbles Classes in Southern Ireland
Please ring relevant show secretary for the show schedule
Clonmel
Sunday 1st July
Shiela Quinn 052 612 1413 or 086 196 0030
Tinahely
Monday 6th … Continue reading
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I have been asked to write more about what happens here on my small farm in Ireland. So thought I would give it a go calling these post’s ‘Farm Diary Days’. They will cover one day or several days depending … Continue reading
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On December 10th 2011 I visited Cyril Cromie and his flock. He had been cross breeding a Zwartbles ram with Scottish Blackface ewes. I wanted to see the resulting 2011 lambs and photograph them to share with other breeders.
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Clonmel Show Sunday 3rd of July 2011.
Those of our readers who have already joined the South of Ireland Zwartbles Sheep Association Club will be delighted to hear that they can enter the Southern Ireland Zwartbles Championships at … Continue reading
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Women aren’t sheepish about learning to shear
A GROUP of local women gathered on a Bennettsbridge farm last week in preparation for the Sheep and Wool Festival in Cillín Hill over the June bank holiday weekend. But unlike … Continue reading
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