Sheep breeds Flashcards
(19 cards)
Hebridean: distinguishing features & purpose
All black
Hills
North country cheviot: distinguishing features & purpose
Roman nose, white face
Hill, crossbred females
Scotish blackface: distinguishing features & purpose
Head & legs with black spots
Hill, crossbred females
South country cheviot: distinguishing features & purpose
Non-roman nose, white face
Hill, crossbred females
Swaledale: distinguishing features & purpose
Black face, wooly
Hill, crossbred females
Blueface leicester: distinguishing features & purpose
Cream wool, dark ears
crossbred to produce mules
Border leicester: distinguishing features & purpose
Bunny ears
crossbred to produce halfbreds
Jacob: distinguishing features & purpose
Black and white spots
Wool prized
Oxford down: distinguishing features & purpose
Black face, very poofy wool
terminal sire for prime lambs
Shetland: distinguishing features & purpose
Different colors
Form basis of the wool industry
Suffolk: distinguishing features & purpose
Black face and legs, wool is white
terminal sire for high quality lambs
Wensleydale: distinguishing features & purpose
Crimped fur
produce commercial ewes
Scottish mule: crossing
Blackface ewe x bluefaced leicester
Scottish greyface: crossing
Blackface ewes x border leicester
Cheviot mule: crossing
Cheviot ewes x bluefaced leicester
Scottish halfbred: crossing
Cheviot ewe x border leicester
Texel: distinguishing features & purpose
Body is white, short legs
Meat sheep
Charollais: distinguishing features & purpose
Broad flat forehead, short wool
Good milk yield
Beltex: distinguishing features & purpose
Double muscled hind quarters
Meat sheep
