Welcome to the Zwartbles Sheep Association website, whatever your interest in sheep we hope you will find some thing of interest within.
These striking sheep are becoming more and more popular and where ever you are in the UK you are never far from Zwartbles.
Prolific and easy to handle are but two of the reasons flocks are growing, the association has been consistently one of the fastest growing breed associations over the last four or five years.
Whether a full blown commercial enterprise or a few hobby sheep, purebred or crossed with other breeds our members use the breed across a full spectrum
The Zwartbles is certainly a breed for the future, and the Zwartbles Sheep Association (ZSA) was established in 1995 to celebrate and promote the breed in the UK.
Originally from Holland, this sheep has many positive characteristics that you can read about by clicking here.
We hope you find the web site useful and of interest. If you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to send us your feedback.
For more information on your local ZSA members and their sheep, feel free to contact the Secretary.
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Latest ZSA News
"This new website is still in its infancy, 
The site has new pages to explore in addition to retaining some of the existing format. Council intends to develop a comprehensive site. All members are invited to contribute and submit articles and photographs. Registrations, Merchandise and Stock for sale can now can now be paid online. Members can now submit a photograph with stock for sale. It must be of sheep only with no people.
There is a new page where members can pay and advertise their flock in a full page advert.
Members can now submit events and diary dates this need not be restricted to ZSA events. There is a new page for juniors, photographs of Juniors must be accompanied by the consent form".
APPROXIMATELY 40 Zwartbles Irish Branch members and friends met recently at the Gil-Good Lodge in Moira.
The winners of the annual flock competition were announced. This year’s competition was judged by Mr Matthew Simpson from Scotland (Tardoes Flock) and there were a record number of entries from throughout the whole of Ireland. Matthew spent three days travelling around Ireland judging the various flocks. He was very impressed with the overall quality of sheep placed before him which made selecting his winners extremely difficult.