Sheep breeds

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Badger Face Welsh Mountain

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Balwen Welsh Mountain

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Beltex
(Abbreviation of Belgian Texel)

Lowland breed with extreme conformation to produce increased meat yield

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Beulah Speckled Face

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Black Welsh Mountain

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(Scottish) Blackface sheep

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Blue Texel

The blue gene is recessive so most crossbred offspring will end up being white

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Bluefaced Leicester

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Border Leicester

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British Milksheep

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Cambridge

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Castlemilk Moorit

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Charollais (a.k.a. British Charollais)

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Cheviot

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Clun Forest

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Cotswold

Fleece is sought after by spinners and crafters

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Easycare

Bred specifically for low management requirements. These sheep shed their wool and lamb easily.

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Eppynt Hardy Speckled Face

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Exlana

Wool rarely exceeds 2cm length or 1kg weight

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Exmoor Horn

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Gotland (a.k.a. British Gotland)

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Hampshire Down

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Hampshire Down

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Hebridean

Both males and females can have two, four or even more horns. Females are occasionally polled.

They thrive on rough extensive and conservation grazing. They are promoted as able to rear twins in tough conditions.

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Herdwick

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Hill Radnor

Strong, heavy-boned sheep. Males have curved horns that spiral outward.
Recognised as a rare breed.

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Jacob

White fleece with well-defined black or brown patches

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Kerry Hill

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Llandovery Whiteface sheep

Demand for breeding females as they are used for production of Welsh Mules and Welsh Halfbreds

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Lleyn

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Lonk

One of the largest native hill breeds, predominantly found in the Pennines where it originated.

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Manx Loaghton

Can grow up to six horns. Found on Isle of Man.

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Masham

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Norfolk Horn

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North Country Cheviot

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North of England Mule

A crossbred sheep. The father is always a Bluefaced Leicester and the mother is either a Hexham Blackface or a Swaledale.

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Oxford Down

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Romney

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Rouge de L’ouest (or British Rouge)

Distinctive red/pink skin seen on the head, legs and underbelly

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Rough Fell

White fleece, black head and definite white patch on the nose

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Ryeland

Wool grows right around the face and most of the way down the legs

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Ryeland

Wool grows right around the face and most of the way down the legs

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Southdown

Smaller than some other downland breeds. White wool over the face, small ears and short legs.

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Suffolk

Completely black face and legs stand out against white fleece. Downturned ears.

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Swaledale

Escape artists apparently!

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Teeswater

Longwool breed

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Texel

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Valais Blacknose

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Welsh Mule

A crossbred sheep. The father is always a Bluefaced Leicester and the mother a Welsh Mountain, Beulah or Welsh Hill Speckled Face.

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Wensleydale

Tall, long-wooled sheep with blue head, ears and legs. Comes in colours from jet black to silver grey.

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Wiltshire horn

Large, has little wool that is naturally shed each summer. Both sexes are horned.

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Greyfaced Dartmoor

Curly fleece

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White-faced Dartmoor

White fleece with strong curl

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Zwartbles (name means ‘Black with a white blaze’)