SHEEP BREEDS

St. Croix

St. Croix

Also known as Virgin Island White, White

Virgin Islander, White Virgin Island

St. Croix

Rams have a large throat ruff

St. Croix

Both sexes polled

Karakul

Karakul

oldest breed of domesticated sheep

Karakul

a source of milk, meat, tallow, and wool, a strong fiber that was felted into fabric or woven into carpeting

Karakul

wiry coat

Charollais

France; same with Charolais cattle

Charollais

Leicester longwool x local land-race

breeds

Charollais

Use as terminal sire to increase muscling and growth rate of the lambs

Charollais

Wool is fine and short

Katahdin

Katahdin

originated from Maine, USA

Katahdin

Meat sheep that did not require shearing” – do not

produce a fleece except in very cold weather – very thick coat that is shed in warm weather

Katahdin

Tolerate humidity, heat, internal & external parasites Docile, easily handled Usually twins

Lincoln

Lincoln

originated from England

Lincoln

Leicester x Lincolnshire coarse native

Lincoln

World’s largest breed of sheep

Lincoln

Heavy locks, twisted into a spiral near the end and is Polled

Border Leicester

Border Leicester

originated from England

Border Leicester

No wool on the face and legs; long wool breed

Border Leicester

Dual-purpose breed

Barbados Blackbelly

Barbados Blackbelly

originated on the island of Barbados in the Caribbean

Barbados Blackbelly

light carcass

Barbados Blackbelly

have increased resistance to internal parasites

Oxford

Oxford

breed originated in south-central England

Oxford

one of the largest of the medium wool breeds of sheep.

Oxford

ewes are prolific and good milkers, and the lambs grow quickly

Dorper

Dorper

South African breed

Dorper

Fast-growing meat sheep; easy

care breed req minimal labour

Suffolk

Suffolk

originated in southern England

Suffolk

fine mutton breed; acceptable wool

Rambouillet

Rambouillet

breed of domestic sheep from France

Rambouillet

Largest of fine wool breed

Merino

Merino

Originated in Spain

Merino

need to be shorn at least once a year because their wool does not stop growing

Philippine Native Sheep

Philippine Native Sheep

Believed to have originated from the

Merino imported during the Spanish era

Philippine Native Sheep

Adult weight: 29.6 kg