Oxlea Oxford Down Sheep

Oxlea Oxford Down Sheep A rare breed down sheep full of character. One of the oldest and the largest down breeds in the country. I started breeding Oxford Down sheep in 2018.

I have been breeding these sheep since 2018, foundation flock formed from Applewick and Gorse flock. I was looking for a "small" rare breed sheep for our farm in Devizes. After visiting another breeder in Wiltshire, I fell in love with the Oxford Down Sheep.The Oxford Down is now in the minority group on the RBST list. The Oxford Down is the largest UK Down breed and is far from small in physique

and character! Our first 3 pedigree ewes were a great little starter flock and relatively easy for a couple of novice first time shepherds! Our lamb boxes are sold as Taster box, Half box or Whole box of lamb and sell out every year to a few loyal customers, friends and family. We are expanding the flock gradually to keep up with demand. The lambs are fed on naturally grown grasses with plenty of variety and wild flowers. Our sheep fields are boardered by ancient hedgerow that the sheep love to nibble on. The hawthorn, hazel and blackberry provide extra vitamins and are a wildlife haven for birds and small mammals. No artificial fertiliser is used on our pastures and the sheep rotate the grazing on a regular basis making sure they always have access to fresh green grass. The Oxford Down lamb finish big at approximately 50kg so a large freezer is required if you wish to purchase a whole box of lamb!We have recently added to our farm produce with rare breed Oxford Sandy and Black pork and sausages available twice yearly and recently fresh farm eggs courtesy of our lovely ex battery rescue hens we recently rehomed. Please see our linked fb page Oxlea Sandys.https://www.facebook.com/OxleaOxfordSandys

16/04/2025

Look back at the last two weeks! Antics in the nursery pen 🥰😍 cute Oxford Downs

Look at little Norman! We think he gets cuter every day! He's taken to hanging around with the older ram lambs it's a mo...
16/04/2025

Look at little Norman! We think he gets cuter every day! He's taken to hanging around with the older ram lambs it's a more grown up gang 🥰😂

And that's a wrap! 🥰Lambing 2025 is over - ending with two sets of twins! 4 lovely lively lambs. Both were ewe and ram l...
15/04/2025

And that's a wrap! 🥰Lambing 2025 is over - ending with two sets of twins! 4 lovely lively lambs. Both were ewe and ram lamb sets! We have yet to do our final count once we have had a bit of RnR. Very pleased to have no lamb casualties this year and a huge thank you to our mentor Mike who is always on the end of the telephone to walk us through the odd lambing complication! Thanks Mike 😇

SWAP/SALE Bro Alaw Comet is looking for a new home. Registered Oxford Down Ram 3 years has sired some fantastic lambs fo...
14/04/2025

SWAP/SALE Bro Alaw Comet is looking for a new home. Registered Oxford Down Ram 3 years has sired some fantastic lambs for the OxLea flock. Please Dm for more info

14/04/2025

The "lamb-orghini" trolly 🤗 has been used this week to turn ewes and lambs out into the nursery paddock- we like to get our lambs out of the barns on the 3-4th day of life as it's much healthier for them to be outside and the ewes are also pleased to be munching on the green stuff 😁🥰

We have 4 Oxford Down tup shearlings looking for new homes! Due to grass shortages these young tups will be leaving on W...
14/04/2025

We have 4 Oxford Down tup shearlings looking for new homes! Due to grass shortages these young tups will be leaving on Wednesday morning for Frome market if no private sales can be found. Please dm for more info and viewing can be arranged for tomorrow Tuesday 15th April in Devizes

Latest arrivals. Two of our homebred first time ewes produced a lovely single tup lamb each in the very early hours of t...
09/04/2025

Latest arrivals. Two of our homebred first time ewes produced a lovely single tup lamb each in the very early hours of this morning 🥱🥰

Our 'Slim'! In real life not so Slim at all weighing in at 120kg she is a lovely example of a long and chunky Oxford Dow...
07/04/2025

Our 'Slim'! In real life not so Slim at all weighing in at 120kg she is a lovely example of a long and chunky Oxford Down ewe just how they should be and a fantastic mum. Lovely twin lambs! we are very happy this evening 🥰😍

07/04/2025

One of the experienced homebred ewes lambed twins at lunch time today. We gave a little help with the first and then realised the 'surprise' twin had one leg back so glad we were on hand. One lovely ewe and ram lamb ❤️ what a clever girl our "slim" is! Her final year of lambing and produced twins after 5 years of single lambs! 🥳

03/04/2025

Let's talk about little "Norman"! He's a little superstar of cuteness! 🥰😍 got to love an Oxford Down lamb

03/04/2025

Latest lamb arrival 🥰😍

Latest arrival this morning 🥰 big ewe lamb! Thank you to our lackham student for on hand assistance. Have a fabulous af...
03/04/2025

Latest arrival this morning 🥰 big ewe lamb! Thank you to our lackham student for on hand assistance. Have a fabulous afternoon in the sunshine 🌞 we are feeling happy! 😁

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