The Society Breed Statement & Mission Statement
The EasyCare Sheep is a fleece shedding, medium sized, white, polled sheep capable of lambing without assistance and rearing their lambs off grass. The sheep is a commercial breed. EasyCare Sheep cannot be entered into breed shows as the breed founder, Iolo Owen, feels that the sole object of showing is to emphasise traits that may ruin the easy lambing aspects of the breed he has spent half a Century developing.
The true EasyCare Sheep must not be appear to be over fed, over-sized or crossed with terminal type sires to enhance unwanted characteristics, these being broad chests, big heads, big back ends, poor feet or none fleece shedding coat – this list is not exhaustive and the Society reserves the right to remove any sheep they believe do not conform to the true EasyCare Sheep breeding from Society Sales.
Where EasyCare Sheep are being sold privately via either members or non-members, it is for the purchaser to make sure they are confident they are purchasing a true EasyCare Sheep. BUYER BEWARE.
The name EasyCare and the logo is Trademarked to the EasyCare Sheep Society.
What the Society does:
We promote the true EasyCare Sheep breed as developed by the late Mr Iolo Owen MBE of Glantraeth, Bodorgan, Anglesey via the means of:
Society Sales
Newspaper adverts
Newspaper articles
Stands at National Sheep Association events
A website
A Facebook Page
Society Open Days & AGM
We ensure the breed is represented correctly at Society Breed sales but will not handle the sheep presented.
For clarification:
The EasyCare Sheep must not have been sheared or plucked
The EasyCare Sheep fleece must shed to leave a hair coat through the summer months
The EasyCare Sheep must be hornless
The EasyCare Sheep is white in colour but small dark spots and darker patches are normal.
The EasyCare Sheep female is 60 – 70 kg at mature weight depending on where it lives
The EasyCare Sheep male is 80 – 100kg at mature weight depending on where it lives
The male should be slightly wedged shaped at the shoulders to ensure ease of lambing
The EasyCare Sheep should ideally have a slim ‘rat tail’ type tail
It is preferable that breeders keep the EasyCare Sheep’s tail intact but not essential
Legs must be strong and straight and feet must be sound
The EasyCare Sheep is a commercial breed, we do not ‘show’ EasyCare Sheep
EasyCare sheep must be tagged with tags bearing the name EASYCARE on the tag. The breeder can use any tag manufacturer of their choice
EasyCare sheep do not have pedigree certificates and are not referred to as being pedigree. We do not have a flock book
The Society day to day running
The Society day to day running is managed by the Secretary, currently Mrs Louise Hobson and the Treasurer, currently Mrs June Tavernor. The Society Chairman is currently Mr John Thomas
We provide a website as a platform for fully paid up members to sell their sheep from. Please send your preferred wording and photos to the Secretary using the email address info@easycaresheep.com
We provide the website to inform the public about the breed. The website has the details of upcoming events and is always being updated
We have an annual AGM and Open Days and provide the means of allowing breeders to have more on farm events if they wish to. The AGM moves location every year
We attend the National Sheep Association events around the UK to put the breed in front of prospective buyers. The Society is a Corporate Members of the NSA
We provide voluntary regional co-ordinators to discuss the merits of the breed to prospective buyers
The Treasurer collects £35 annual subscription/member which helps to pay for the promotion of the breed
All Office Holders are volunteers
We have a steering committee which meets up to twice a year via Zoom or similar platform to discuss the way forward for the breed. Any member is welcome to become a Co-Ordinator. There is no payment for this commitment but we expect you to help with NSA events and Open Days
A quarterly newsletter is sent to all fully paid up members via email. It is for the Society members to keep the Treasurer updated with your email address details
All contact details for Co-Ordinators and Office Holders are on the website
Revised July 2024
