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  2. Icelandic sheep - Wikipedia

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    The Icelandic [a] is the Icelandic breed of domestic sheep.It belongs to the Northern European Short-tailed group of sheep, and is larger than most breeds in that group.. It is generally short-legged and stocky, slender and light-boned, and usually horned, although polled and polycerate animals can occur; there is a polled strain, the Kleifa.

  3. Heiða Guðný Ásgeirsdóttir - Wikipedia

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    From her late teens until she was 23, Heiða worked as a fashion model, including in New York City; she returned to take over her parents' sheep farm, Ljótarstaðir on the River Tungufljót , after her father could no longer manage it. He has since died; she lives there with her mother and also runs occasional walking tours of the farm, which ...

  4. Northern European short-tailed sheep - Wikipedia

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    the Faeroe Sheep or Føroyskur seyður – From the Faroe Islands ("Sheep Islands"). Similar to Icelandic sheep: usually horned in males, many different colours and patterns. [5]: 806 [4] [6] the Finnsheep – From Finland. Horned in males only, usually white in North America, other colours in Finland.

  5. Mark Watson (archaeologist) - Wikipedia

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    Dog breeder. His work, The Icelandic Dog 874 – 1956: ... His birthday, the 18th of July, is known as the "Day of the Icelandic Sheep Dog". [13] Death

  6. Category:Sheep breeds originating in Iceland - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Sheep breeds originating in Iceland" ... Icelandic sheep This page was last edited on 3 April 2013, at 09:39 (UTC). Text ...

  7. Manx Loaghtan - Wikipedia

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    The Manx Loaghtan is a small sheep, with no wool on their dark brown faces and legs. The sheep have short tails and are fine-boned. In the past century the sheep's colour has stabilised as "moorit", that is shades between fawn and dark reddish brown, though the colour bleaches in the sun. [6]

  8. Spælsau - Wikipedia

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    The spælsau stock is about 22% of the sheep in Norway. In 1912, to prevent extinction of the breed, two breeding stations were established. Icelandic sheep were crossed through semen imported in the 1960s and 1970s. Finnsheep and Faroe Island sheep were also used in the breeding program. [1] This breed is raised primarily for meat. [2]

  9. Agriculture in Iceland - Wikipedia

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    An Icelandic farm. The raising of livestock, sheep (the traditional mainstay for generations of Icelandic farmers) and cattle (the latter grew rapidly in the 20th century), [2] is the main occupation, but pigs and poultry are also reared; Iceland is self-sufficient in the production of meat, dairy products and eggs.