Bred from good stock

My family comes from Wales, the country that England is next to.  We have a long and distinguished history in that land (I like to think), none more so than leading the way in sheep farming!  My Aunty Liz and Uncle Bill have a dairy farm near Haverfordwest, but they also keep a flock of pedigree Texels.  These are the cute white and fluffy ones, the sheep you count when you try to fall asleep.

Anyway, they've just taken the prize for selling a sheep called Scolton Phoenix at the highest price (£8200!) in one of the largest sheep sales in Wales.  This is big news, and gets reported in the national Farmers' Weekly:

Leading the sale was a Texel shearling from Bill and Elizabeth Reed's Scolton flock, Spittal, Haverfordwest. Sired by a Caereinion tup bred in Cefin Pryce's flock at Welshpool, he sold to Somerset-based breeder Dave Chave for the Peacehay flock having stood second in the pre-sale show. Mr Chave said the tup was just what the modern breeder needed. "He has the width and length I wanted and he moves well too."

Yes, we're all high-achievers in this family, even the sheep.



Ok, maybe not the cutest looking.  And I don't mean my cousin Andrew, who's the headless one holding him.  Full article (for the agriculturally inclined among you) here.