Border Leicesters, with their soft, lusterous, curly wool are quiet, well behaved sheep that work well with border collies due to their gregarious nature. They lamb easily, thrive well on poor quality pasture, and don't eat you out of house and home in the wintertime. They area easy and quick to shear because of the lack of wool on their faces and legs, have sweet temperaments, and did quite well as 4H projects when our kids were younger. Our Border Leicesters have continued their work in show biz with our "Shepherd's Life" Traveling Sheep and Wool program, which visits schools, nursing homes and festivals. The best part about them, however, is the willingness of their wool to turn into felt, which is how we got started in the felting business.

We began to experiment with crossbreeding Border Leicesters and Shetlands with a goal of producing a smaller sized "backyard" sheep that would still produce a beautiful fleece while remaining energetic enough to work with Border Collies. The resulting crosses have produced what we call the "Monadnock Mini". Our Minis range in size from 50-75 pounds, have sweet temperaments, exquisitely long and lustrous wool, superb get-up-and-go energy for Collie training, and are easy on the feed bill. It is our hope that we will soon produce enough high quality lambs that people with limited space, but a desire to have sheep, will be able to keep a couple of Mini's on a postage stamp sized pasture!

Contact us if you are interested in learning more about:

• Registered Border Leicester and Monadnock Mini sheep for sale (ask us about our special 4H discount!)
  
• Traditional Blade Sheep Shearing demonstrations
  
• Border Collie demonstrations and training