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These sheep must have at least 96.87% Wiltshire Horn genetics, completely shed their fleece annually, and be polled. The ewes are seasonal breeders, but are good mothers, have high fertility with a high percentage of multiple births. [1] Wiltipoll sheep may weigh up to 125 kg (276 lb) under reasonable conditions.
In the early 1980s, 45 registered flocks were in the UK, [4] but the 2009 edition of the flock book of the Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society recognises almost 300 flocks. The Wiltshire Horn is one of the foundation breeds for Katahdin , Wiltipoll , and Easycare breeds and the Hampshire breed along with Southdown sheep and the Berkshire Nott.
Four breeds of sheep, in the illustrated encyclopedia Meyers Konversationslexikon. This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep. Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently to be considered a different species. Some sheep breeds have a hair coat and are known as haired sheep.
In 1825 Alexander Riley was the first Australian breeder to obtain a poll ram with a view to establishing a poll Merino flock. The ram was imported by him from Germany, along with Saxon ewes. Boonoke, Bungaree, Uardry and Wanganella studs made specific mention of "poley" or poll rams for sale from the early 1880s.
A Rough Fell ram. The Rough Fell is an upland breed of sheep originating in England. [1] It is common on fell and moorland farms, its distribution embracing a large proportion of South Cumbria, parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire, North Lancashire and, more recently, upland parts of Devon.
In 1790, Charles IV of Spain sent a gift of Merino sheep from the Escorial cavana to the government of the Dutch Republic. [6]: 9 They did not thrive there, but did well in the Dutch Cape Colony, in what is now South Africa. [3]: 746 The origins of the Australian Merino lie in some of those sheep imported to Australia by John Macarthur in 1796 ...
A Montana rancher has been sentenced to six months in prison after cloning a "near threatened" sheep from Asia and then selling its offspring to shooting preserves, according to court documents ...
Polwarth is a breed of sheep that was developed in Victoria, Australia in 1880. They were of one-quarter Lincoln and three-quarters Merino bloodlines. They are large, predominantly polled sheep with long, soft, fine wool and produce good meat carcasses.