Ryelands produce a highly rated quality meat and an excellent soft fleece, valued greatly by hand spinners.
Whilst being easy to pen up, adult Ryelands are big sheep and aren’t over fussy as to who’s feet they stand on. They are reasonably heavy but normally pretty easy to handle.
In truth we believe Ryelands are not necessarily a breed of sheep to be taken lightly, they cannot just be thrown in a field and left to their own devices. They do require a certain amount of knowledge, experience and careful watching, especially at lambing time when they may need some assistance.
They are also prone to blowfly strike, so it pays to keep back ends clean and use CLIK or similar preventative throughout the warmer months going into early Autumn.
