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A flock book was published in 1986. As the name of the breed suggests, it is a prolific milk producer, and several large dairy flocks were established. [1] However, it is a robust, dual-purpose sheep rather than a specialist dairy breed. It is known for its extremely high prolificacy, and rams are used to sire high-performance crossbred daughters.
Pages in category "Sheep breeds originating in England" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
The Easycare or Easy Care is a modern British breed of easy-care sheep.It was developed in Wales in the second half of the twentieth century by cross-breeding between Welsh Mountain and Wiltshire Horn stock, with the aim of combining the meat-producing qualities and natural moulting characteristic of the latter with the hardiness of the former.
The Fries Melkschaap is a Dutch and German breed of dairy sheep.It originates in the Frisia region, which includes parts of both northern Holland and north-western Germany. . It has many names: the German stock is known as the Ostfriesisches Milchschaf, or in English as the East Friesian, the East Friesland Milch or the German Milksheep, while the Dutch equivalent is known as the Friesian Milk ...
The Southdown is a British breed of domestic sheep, [6]: 918 [2] the smallest of the British breeds. [ 7 ] : 23 It is a shortwool breed, and the basis of the whole Down group of breeds. It was originally bred by John Ellman of Glynde , near Lewes in East Sussex , in about 1800.
The Cambridge is a modern British breed of domestic sheep. [3]: 774 It was bred at the University of Cambridge by John Owen and Alun Davies between about 1964 and 1979, with the aim of increasing prolificacy. [2] [3]: 774 [4]: 638 It is among the most prolific of all sheep breeds, but is critically endangered. [2] [4]: 638
The Welsh Mountain sheep is a dual-purpose breed and is the foundation of the Welsh sheep industry. [2] In the Middle Ages these sheep were predominantly kept for their wool and milk, but by the nineteenth century they had become renowned in England for their tasty meat and Queen Victoria is reported to have demanded Welsh lamb at the royal table.