SHEEP BREEDS

PHILIPPINE NATIVE SHEEP

BELIEVED TO HAVE ORIGINATED FROM MERINO IMPORTED DURING THE SPANISH ERA

PHILIPPINE NATIVE SHEEP

MALE: GENERALLY HORNED & ROMAN-NOSED

FEMALE: GENERALLY POLLED, EITHER STRAIGHT OR ROMAN-NOSED, THIN-TAILED

MERINO

NEED TO BE SHORN AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR BECAUSE THEIR WOOL DOES NOT STOP GROWING

RAMBOUILLET

LARGEST OF FINE WOOL BREED

RAMBOUILLET

HORNED AND POLLED RAMS, ALL EWES ARE POLLED

SUFFOLK

LARGE AND HAS A BLOCKY, MUSCULAR BODY TYPE

SUFFOLK

FACE, EARS, AND LEGS ARE BLACK (NO WOOL ON THE HEAD OR LEGS)

DORPER

DORSET HORN X BLACKHEAD

PERSIAN SHEEP

DORPER

SOUTH AFRICAN BREED

OXFORD

ORIGINATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL ENGLAND

OXFORD

BLOCKY BODY TYPE, FACE, EARS, AND LEGS ARE GRAY TO BROWN, POLLED

OXFORD

WOOL EXTENDS OVER THE POLL DOWN TO THE EYE

BARBADOS BLACKBELLY

ORIGINATED ON THE ISLAND OF BARBADOS IN THE CARIBBEAN

BARBADOS BLACKBELLY

BROWN, TAN, OR YELLOW, WITH BLACK UNDERPARTS AND BLACK POINTS ON THE ROMAN NOSE FOREHEAD, AND INSIDE THE EARS

BORDER LEICESTER

LARGE SIZE AND BLOCKY BODY TYPE

WHITE COLOR AND POLLED

BORDER LEICESTER

NO WOOL ON THE FACE AND LEGS; LONG WOOL BREED

LINCOLN

LEICESTER X LINCOLNSHIRE COARSE NATIVE

LINCOLN

WORLDS LARGEST BREED OF SHEEP

KATAHDIN

ORIGINATED FROM MAINE, USA

KATAHDIN

MEAT SHEEP THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE SHEARING - DO NOT PRODUCE A FLEECE EXCEPT IN VERY COLD WEATHER

KATAHDIN

USUALLY TWINS

CHAROLLAIS

LEICESTER LONGWOOL X LOCAL LAND-RACE BREEDS

CHAROLLAIS

USE AS TERMINAL SIRE TO INCREASE MUSCLING AND GROWTH RATE OF THE LAMBS

KARAKUL

OLDEST BREED OF DOMESTICATED SHEEP

KARAKUL

SOURCE OF MILK, MEAT, TALLOW, AND WOOL, A STRONG FIBER THAT WAS FELTED INTO FABRIC OR WOVEN INTO CARPETING

ST. CROIX

VIRGIB ISLAND WHITE, WHITE VIRGIN ISLANDER, WHITE VIRGIN ISLAND

ST. CROIX

RAMS HAVE A LARGE THROAT RUFF

ST. CROIX

BOTH SEXES POLLED