BWB had its beginnings, as most sheep operations, with 4-H and market lambs. From here it grew into breeding sheep and experimenting with different breeds until settling upon Shropshires in 2004. The breed had moved to slick shearing and this was a big attraction because we can’t fit sheep! We quickly noticed what was happening with gene type and only have RR NN sheep in our flocks.

Some may say we overlook good sheep, but we feel since we had just started that we should begin from and build upon that. We know there are many good RR NN sheep out there. We studied many breeders and purchased a select group of RR NN yearling ewes from Barnes Farms as our base. With that, we went out and at the time purchased the best ram we could find that had proven himself in the show ring, which was “Dandy” from City Limits. You can read and see more on the Flock and Stud Ram pages. In 2007, just to keep us busy, we added a second breed by purchasing a few Tunis sheep. We like their attractiveness and disposition.

We will follow the same direction as with the Shrops on gene type and will look to build a small select flock that will contribute to the breed in the future. These first few years have been quite a learning experience and we are excited about what the future holds for our breeding. BWB looks forward to meeting more of you in the coming year.