suffolks are easy to handle because they are docile although they are quite big. All my ewes are shetland. I have no suffolk ewes because they are not good mothers and would often require assistance at lambing time, I have a suffolk ram who I use on the shetland ewes to make butchers lambs. I use a shetland ram on the gimmers so they have a smaller lamb for their first time. The female pure-bred lambs are for breeding and the wethers I sometimes grow on for mutton. This year I am also selling some female suffolk shetland cross lambs as breeding ewes.