Dale's sheep were one of the great early flocks in North American Shetland history. The Cherringtons became noted for their fine crimped fleeces and solid colours. Dale's favourite ram was the black Skerryvore Braw. A look at his lineage quickly reminds you how close to the beginning of North American Shetlands he was. (See NASSA #S2065).
On the farm we have 2 full Braw daughters ( Cherrington Brandy and Cherrington Ester) and several of his granddaughters.
Our grand old lady, Brandy was born March, 29, 1997.( S6030)
She is out of Skerryvore Braw and Cherrington Queen Mary.
When Brandy was born Dale Shannon noted that she was a reddish brown almost auburn colour, which has staid true throughout the years
Despite having no teeth left Brandy is in good weight and gave us 2.5 pounds of beautiful fleece this year.
Brandy and her 1/2 sister Cherrington Ester share a pen and where they both can receive special care as befitting their age.
Brandy's fleece is still popular with spinners who use a drop spindle rather than a wheel for spinning
Brandy has offspring all across Canada, and we have three of them here with us. Foote and Grannie are out of Wooly Pedro as we felt we to pick up an out cross and they are both black but age greying. We also have Brandy's daughter Elly. Elly has very special genetics as she is Brandy's inbred daughter and a mistake. But Elly like her mother and her father( 1/2 brother) is a moorit which likely makes Elly homogeneous for that colour. Elly will be bred to carefully to try to maintain her colour genetics.
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