Fern

AJ Fern hails from Cumbria, bred by Adrian and Jo Lloyd out of their brown ewe AJ Nellie. Fern is sired by the prolific Lorgaran Ragnar, also brown, by a black Noastica ram out of a black Cammall ewe, bringing out the recessive brown genes from both parents. Dam Nellie's pedigree is predominantly brown genes back two generations.

On arrival Fern's delicate fleece floated like a halo around her, and lit up bright copper. She was a little flighty and nervous. She was not bred as a two year old, so has not yet lambed.

She travelled from Cumbria with Unity and they have been good friends ever since, usually hanging around within a few feet of each other. This shot shows Fern's closed fleece over the backbone.

Shorn, she is milk chocolate brown, but her fleece displays as multi-tone, with cream and biscuit colours through to the tips. She often shows a blaze of fiery chestnut as her coat bleaches.