• Winner Pen of three Welshpool Ram Sales 2008/2009/2010
• Highest sales average at Welshpool 2007/2008/2009/2010
• All our sheep are bred to produce quality skin, carcase and size.
• All scrapie genotype R1.
• Sheep available for sale, privately and at Kelso and Welshpool.
• Sheep available for export.

Rams used 2011 - Westforth Zeus,Silvermuir Superman, Deuchrie Earl and Doulton D'Artagnan.

Contact:

Eleanor Stokeld
Old Nunthorpe
Great Ayton
Cleveland

Tel: 07860 363742

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Meet the Breeder - The Doulton Flock

Eleanor Stokeld started breeding Border Leicester sheep at Nunthorpe in 1997 with the purchase of two ewe lambs from Lanark. The intention was never to grow to the current day size, but having fallen in love with the breed from the first encounter, with a lot of help and guidance from veteran Flockmaster, Jim Stobo of Nabdean, Berwick, Eleanor has produced a flock to be proud of, producing sheep with conformation, carcass, good mouths and white hair. She constantly strives to produce what the commercial buyer wants for his ewes, doing this by selective breeding of good stock with all the correct attributes.   

Shearling rams are sold at Kelso and Welshpool each year and the flock consistently does well at both. Sheep are also sold privately from home.

The flock has exported both ewes and rams to Holland for several years now and buyers in Holland have been extremely pleased with what the sheep have produced. Those who have started their own mini flocks are extremely happy with the progeny, whilst those who have bought rams to put onto other breeds have expressed their delight with the outcome. The first ram to go to Holland went onto ewes in the biggest flock of pedigree Texels in Holland. The results were monitored for several years and the results were astonishing. The breeder reported that the ewes lambed mostly without help, the lambs were up and about very quickly and they finished, without much additional food, quicker than normal. Border Leicester/Texel ewes were kept by this breeder.

"We have tried our hardest to produce what the end customer wants. We must not forget that the Border Leicester is  the "sheep industries great improver", and whilst it is very nice to produce rams with "big lugs" and all the other fine attributes, we must remember that the majority of these sheep go to commercial men. These flocks quite often lamb outside, up on hills and need lambs which will survive inclement weather. Good tight skins, good conformation and mouths are needed. As one commercial man put to me "there is no requirement for a lamb whose coat divides in wet weather". We try our very best to produce a good end product, one which will do the job required and ensure that the customer comes back to the Border Leicester again and again for all the right reasons."

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