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Clun Lamb by Joshua Seibel Almost daily the Secretary of the NACFA receives inquiries asking, in effect, "What can Clun Forest Sheep do for me?" Many of these inquiries come from people familiar with the popular "modern" breeds in North America. Often these people assume that the Clun Forest, as is the case with other dark-faced breeds they know, is a terminal-sire breed. Sometimes, they've heard that the NACFA prohibits competitive showing of Cluns or that the Association will not register single-born rams. The descriptive material that follows in this website attempts to set out the virtues of the breed as British and North American breeders have discovered them. We try to explain the emphasis we place on production, rather than the show ring.

Consider briefly, some of the reasons for keeping Clun Forest Sheep:

if you are looking for ewes with extraordinary mothering characteristics - ease of lambing, eagerness to mother, plenty of twins, plenty of milk - look to Clun Forests.
if you want lambs that get to their feet fast, that know what they want and go after it, look to Clun Forests.
if you want eager foragers and easy keepers who make good gain on grass alone, look to Clun Forests.
if you want responsive sheep that handle easily, look to Clun Forests.
if you want ewes that can live productively into their second decade, look to Clun Forests.
if you want lambs with lean carcass quality that can bring premium prices, look to Clun Forests.
if you want a consistent fleece free of black fiber - and easily worked by handspinners - look to Clun Forests.
if you want a ram that can impart such qualities to his crossbred daughters - look to a Clun Forest!

"Granny's Daughter" by Diane Pagel Cluns have been proving themselves in North America for three decades now. The breed's adaptability, which British breeders so frequently commend, has been tested in far more varied and harsher climates and environments than anything dreamed of in the U.K. The Clun has proved herself from shore to shore and beyond - in the Atlantic-washed province of Nova Scotia, in the desert heat of Utah, in the rocky hills of New England, in the mild, wet weather of Hawaii, on the grass of North Dakota, Wisconsin, and West Virginia - wherever shepherds want working sheep who pitch in to cut losses at lambing time and who like to make do on grass.

For further information about Cluns, contact the NACFA member nearest you or Bets Reedy, the Secretary of the NACFA.


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	Almost daily the Secretary of the NACFA receives inquiries asking, in effect, "What can Clun Forest Sheep do for me?" Many of these inquiries come from people familiar with the popular "modern" breeds in North America. Often these people assume that the Clun Forest, as is the case with other dark-faced breeds they know, is a terminal-sire breed. Sometimes, they've heard that the NACFA prohibits competitive showing of Cluns or that the Association will not register single-born rams. The descriptive material that follows in this website attempts to set out the virtues of the breed as British and North American breeders have discovered them. We try to explain the emphasis we place on production, rather than the show ring. Consider briefly, some of the reasons for keeping Clun Forest Sheep: if you are looking for ewes with extraordinary mothering characteristics - ease of lambing, eagerness to mother, plenty of twins, plenty of milk - look to Clun Forests. if you want lambs that get to their feet fast, that know what they want and go after it, look to Clun Forests. if you want eager foragers and easy keepers who make good gain on grass alone, look to Clun Forests. if you want responsive sheep that handle easily, look to Clun Forests. if you want ewes that can live productively into their second decade, look to Clun Forests. if you want lambs with lean carcass quality that can bring premium prices, look to Clun Forests. if you want a consistent fleece free of black fiber - and easily worked by handspinners - look to Clun Forests. if you want a ram that can impart such qualities to his crossbred daughters - look to a Clun Forest! Cluns have been proving themselves in North America for three decades now. The breed's adaptability, which British breeders so frequently commend, has been tested in far more varied and harsher climates and environments than anything dreamed of in the U.K. The Clun has proved herself from shore to shore and beyond - in the Atlantic-washed province of Nova Scotia, in the desert heat of Utah, in the rocky hills of New England, in the mild, wet weather of Hawaii, on the grass of North Dakota, Wisconsin, and West Virginia - wherever shepherds want working sheep who pitch in to cut losses at lambing time and who like to make do on grass. For further information about Cluns, contact the NACFA member nearest you or Bets Reedy, the Secretary of the NACFA.
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