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Easy Care AGM & Open Day - IMPORTANT

Please can anyone intending to attend the Society Open Day please let Ann Hull know by emailing her  

Her email address is ann.hull@outlook.com so that she has some idea of numbers for the catering.

If you are wanting to attend the Society Meal on the Saturday evening please let Ann know as numbers are limited to 25

Thank you

Louise

Easy Care Sheep wanted in Europe

If you live in Europe and have Easy Care sheep why not join the Society?  

I get lots of enquiries from people all over Germany, Holland and France wanting to start Easy Care sheep flocks as they are now realising that they are the most progressive type of sheep to own.

Easy Care Sheep - Take care when purchasing from social media sites

Easy Care sheep are not pedigree nor are they 'registered', nor do we have a flock book.  The original Easy Care sheep have been bred over the last 50 years by Iolo Owen at his farm on Anglesey. The true Easy Care sheep is one derived from his flock.  That sheep is derived from mixing breeds and a lot of hard work.

Carlisle Autumn Sale of Easycare Sheep

29th September 2017

Harrison & Hetherington held their Annual Autumn sale of Easy Care sheep on Friday 29th September, where an aged ram sold for the top price of the day of 750gns.

Website Advertising

You have to be a member to advertise on the website.  You cannot upload your own information. Please send the wording you wish to use and photo/s to info@easycaresheep.com and I will place the advert on the site for you.

Brisk trade for Easy Care sheep at the Society Annual Sale in Worcester September 2017

An excellent show of strong, well shed and correctly presented sheep greeted buyers from all over the UK on Saturday 23rd September at the Society's annual breeding sale.

Society Sales

Please note the Society Sales are for paid up members only.  Please avoid us having to chase you for £25 on the day. 

The rams are sold in guineas [one pound and five pence] and will have an upset price of usually 200gns but this can be altered if discussed and agreed with ram vendors on the day.  Ram lambs and senior rams may be less than 200gns.

First Easy Care Sale at Skipton Market

The first Easy Care sale at Skipton had a smallish but good quality show of true to type Easy Care sheep.  The mart had ensured the sale was well advertised with at least 6 entries in the Farmers Guardian and Yorkshire Post plus their own website and facebook pages.

Easy Care Sheep tags

Please note, you can ring up your preferred tag supplier and request that they supply you with tags with EASYCARE written on.  There are no favoured suppliers of tags within the Society.

Daily Telegraph Letter

Self-shearing sheep.

Sir - Everyone must surely agree with Prince Charles about the superlative qualities of wool and wish him every success in his Campaign for Wool (Magazine, September 3).

Newsletter Summer 2015

The annual Open Day as held by kind permission of Richard an Caroline Owen at Trefri, Bodorgan, Anglesey on 20th June. We held the Annual General Meeting at Iolo Owen's farm prior to the Open Day.

Spring 2015 Newsletter

This will probably be my last letter as your secretary. I have had a lot of head scratching and a lot of pleasure writing them over the past 12 years. I have certainly learned to appreciate the work of those who churn articles out to various publications on a regular basis.

Winter 2014 Newsletter

We are the most rapidly increasing breed in the UK – and that’s official in the recent E.B.L.E.X report on the state of British sheep breeds based on a survey of over 10,000 sheep farmers and published roughly every 10 years.  The ‘Easy Care’ have risen from 13,000 in 2003 when the society was formed to 119,000 in 2013 and increase of over 80% annually.  I’m sure if all the grading up numbers were shown it would be significantly more – Congratulations!