Hebridean Sheep at Fowlescombe Farm

The main reason we got the Hebs is because they are excellent at conservation grazing - rough grassland etc - and they look really good on the land and in contrast to the Manx. And they taste great! After 9 years (Jan 2009) of breeding we have very good rams, over 60 breeding ewes and offspring from this year and last. The Hebridean Society held a weekend away based at Fowlescombe in 2008 - click here for details. We are pleased to say that the breed is no longer rare - see below. Click here for photo Gallery
Amenity land grazing - the rare breed way Often people have a few acres and want it grazed by a few sheep. We often sell a 'starter kit' of say 5 - 8 animals for this purpose. Sometimes people want them as pets to keep, or even breed from. Others take our less useful animals from a breeding perspective, let them graze for a season and then use them for the pot.

Hebridean Ram called Brucite	Hebridean ewe in a pen - called Pasque who was shown at the Devon County Show

This is Gussie, who when she died had had more registered lambs than any other on record	Our 2008 Show Hebridean ewe with her lamb

Typical Hebridean at rest	Hebridean lambs can be very small when born
Jeff Moore, Chairman of the Hebridean Sheep Society, comments “For a century, the Hebridean had survived only in small numbers in a few ornamental flocks under the misnomer of St, Kilda. In 1974, the breed was included in the first RBST list of endangered breeds of livestock. It is thanks to the dedication of The RBST and the breeders that just 33 years on, the breed’s dramatic recovery has resulted in the Hebridean being removed from the Watchlist, having gained its rightful place in the mainstream sheep industry. Thank you RBST for your major part in this amazing success story”. We are delighted and are proud that in some small way we helped swell the numbers by several hundred


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Hebridean no longer rare breed