About the IndustryEst A Laine Merino
 DescriptionThe Est à Laine Merino is an attractive, strong, large framed sheep with very fine wool. The head is long, white in colour with long ears. The sheep is naturally polled. The neck is clean with no folds or dewlap. Average mature ewe weighs 90-11kg, rams 130kg. Exmoor Horn
 DescriptionThe Exmoor Horn is white faced, with horns, cherry coloured skin and a white fleece of medium length and good quality. Friesland
 DescriptionThe Friesland is a large framed animal with rams weighing up to 120kg. In common with all dairy animals it possesses extremely good length, a large roomy pelvis, narrow head and fine boned limbs. The breed is naturally polled and has a long bald tail. The fleece is pure white and of high quality, medium staple fine wool, yielding up to 5kg, usually graded by the British Wool Board as Bradford Count 48-52. Average mature ewe weighs 50-55kg, rams above 75kg. Gotland
 DescriptionFine-boned and of medium size. Hornless black head, free from wool, sometimes with white markings. Bold eyes, alert medium sided ears. Small, neat muzzle with even jaw. Slender neck and shoulders set smoothly into a level back with generous length, good depth and reasonable breadth of body. Slender black legs well spaced and upright. Short hair-tipped tail. Dense long lustrous grey fleece, occasionally black, white or brown. Clearly defined even curl and staple, soft to handle. Calm friendly disposition. Average mature ewe weighs 55-70kg, rams 75-85kg. Hampshire Down
 DescriptionFace and ears are a rich dark brown, approaching black, with wool over the poll and forehead. Wool is white with an average staple length. Body deep and symmetrical with ribs well sprung, broad, straight back, flat loins, wide rump and deep heavily muscled hind legs and breast. Legs being strongly jointed and powerful are set well apart. Average mature ewe weighs 80kg, rams120kg. Hebridean
 DescriptionThe Hebridean is a small, hardy breed with fine bones and a tail reaching no lower than the hocks. Both sexes are horned, and about 10% of animals have four or more horns. Occasionally polled ewes are to be seen but these are genetically four horned and usually produce horned lambs. The animals are entirely black, though the fleece usually goes grey with age. Lambs may have a dark brown appearance because the tips of the fleece have been bleached by the sun. The wool has a relatively long staple and a stiff, springy quality. It sheds water easily. The face and legs are free of wool. Adult fleece weighs about 1.5kg and has an average Bradford Count of 48-50. Ewes lamb very easily. Although pure bred twin lambs weigh 3.5-4.5kg intervention is rarely required. Lambing percentages depend upon the management system and grazing available: for mature ewes, typically 175% for lowland flocks and 120% for upland. The Hebridean is a very active and long-lived sheep, ewes often still lambing well at ten years or more. It thrives on all types of grazing and responds well to all management systems. Average mature ewe weighs 38-40kg, rams 50-55kg. Herdwick
 DescriptionWhite head and legs. Ewes polled - tups usually horned. Lambs born black wooled, ewes go blue-grey with age. Strong boned and with good conformation for a hill sheep. Average mature weighs 35-45kg, rams 65-75kg. Hill Radnor
 DescriptionThe Hill Radnor is a native hill or mountain breed most commonly found in the Border counties running from the North of Powys down to South West Herefordshire and Monmouthshire. It is a heavy breed which has good body length and width in its hind quarters, standing on well set legs with an abundance of bone. At birth the lambs are full of vitality, exceptionally well coated and gain excellent body weight. Lambing percentages vary under different conditions but the breed can easily average around 155%. The Hill Radnor is a healthy breed free from many of the contagious and hereditary diseases which often affect other breeds. Icelandic
 DescriptionThe Icelandic is a medium sized, upstanding sheep, with a light frame and a naturally short fluke-shaped tail. Although majority are horned in both sexes, polled rams and ewes are common. The horns of the ram are strong and well rounded, the ewe's horns are finer and usually swept back. Four horned sheep are found occasionally in Iceland, but none have occurred in the UK. The fleece consists of a dual coat of very fine under-wool and an outer coat of long hairs and is found in all the natural colours, including a wide range of browns. Broken coloured sheep are common, the patterns ranging from limited markings, such as speckled, to large patches of colour on a white background or the reverse. Darker dorsal stripes are often found, Mouflon and badger face patterns occur. Grey sheep may have a black outer coat. Average mature ewe weighs up to 60kg, rams 90kg. Ile De France
 DescriptionThe head is strong with a broad forehead, polled with protruding sockets, face of medium length, lips and nose rather thick. The profile is straight, slightly concave for the ram, large ears, horizontal or standing slightly upwards, never drooping, covered with thin short hair, wide nape of neck. The neck is short, trunked, rounded off at the upper part, well blended with shoulder, without dewlaps or folds. The body is wide and large, broad and deep chested, prominent and thick sternum, well sprung ribs, straight wide back, horizontal and large rump, well set tail, muscled thighs, short and well developed open leg. It has a close white fleece, blocky, staple of good length. Average quality, average weight of fleece 5-6kg for rams and 4kg for ewes. White covering covers the top of the head and extends down to or slightly above the orbital arches, frames the face, extends to just above the knees of the forelegs, covers the chest and belly, extends over the buttock to the hock of the hind legs, covers the posterior upper part of the tendon. Average mature ewe weighs 70-90kg, rams 110-150kg. Jacob
 DescriptionUpstanding, deep bodied sheep. Basically white with black patches, head and neck black with a white blaze on the face extending down the chest. Both sexes are horned, wither two or four and very occasionally six. Average mature ewe weighs 60-65kg, rams 80-100kg. Kerry Hill
 DescriptionA well-balanced sturdy sheep with ears set high and free from wool. A black nose and sharply defined black and white makings on the head and legs. Both ewes and rams are hornless. It is a handsome sheep, with a dense fleece, which is unusually white. The fleece handles well and is amongst the softest of British wools. Average staple length is 10cm (4in.). Average weight of fleece is 2.7kg. Bradford Count 54 - 56's. In both ewes and rams teeth should be regular and meet the pad neither undershot or overshot. The Kerry Hill sheep are good on their feet and good in their teeth. Average mature weighs 55-65kg, rams 65-70kg. Leicester Longwool
DescriptionThe Leicester Longwool is a large active sheep. It grows a lustrous wool weighing from 12-18lb but with weights up to 33lb being recorded. Leicester wool exhibits evenness in length and diameter of fibre. It has a Bradford Count of 40-60 with a staple length of up to 18in. The head is bold and strong on a short thick neck. The crown is well covered with wool, and the face covered with white hair. The ears are blue, fine and fairly long with occasional black spots. The muzzle strong with even jaws, and nostrils dark in colour. The carcase is deep and of considerable length with full flanks. The back is broad and level and the ribs well sprung. The legs are of medium length with good bone well set up on the pasterns on dark feet. The legs are covered in white hairs or wool. Average mature ewe weighs up to 100kg, rams 150kg. Lincoln Longwool
 DescriptionThe Lincoln is the largest longwool sheep. It has a white hornless head with dark ears, pointed slightly forward and a broad forelock of wool. The fleece is the heaviest, longest stapled and most lustrous of any breed in the world. The Lincoln has a large strong boned frame with a deep rib carried on long well placed legs. The well shaped dark feet are notably resistant to foot disease. Average mature ewe weighs 85kg, rams 150kg Llanwenog
 DescriptionBlackfaced and polled with tuft of clean wool on the forehead, this is a white fleeced, compact sheep with well sprung ribs, a strong loin and thighs. Ears should be fairly short and thin, slightly elevated. Average mature ewe weighs 56kg, rams 90kg. Lleyn
 DescriptionA medium sized lowland sheep weighing up to 70kg at maturity, renowned for their hardiness, prolificacy, easy lambing, strong mothering instinct, milkiness and easy handling. The wool is white free from any coloured fibres or kemp and is of good length, dense and of high quality with plenty of crimp. Heads must be feminine and warm white in colour with wide foreheads, good length from eye to nose - being straight to slightly dished and narrowing towards the nose. Bright lively eyes and a black nose. Medium sized ears with black spots are desirable with the base of the ear starting from the wool. The breast to be wide and well forward. The neck should be well set in the shoulders and of medium length. The back should be long with well sprung ribs and broad loins which are well joined to the rump. Legs, which are warm white in colour, should be well set with no wool lower that the hock, flat boned and strong on the pasterns. Rams must be naturally polled. Lonk
 DescriptionThis is one of the largest native hill breeds, the face and legs are pure black and white. The fleece is trim and even from head to skirting, white and free from kemp. Both sexes are horned. Average mature ewe weighs 45-54kg, rams 75-91kg. Manx Loghtan
 DescriptionThe sheep can have two, four or occasionally six horns, or they can be polled. On the Isle of Man breeders tend to select for four horns, while in England the flocks are mostly two horned. Polled animals are a variant of the four-horned type. The tail should be short with a hairy tip and should not descend below the hocks. The wool should be a uniform dark chocolate brown, but it is paler on the outside where it is exposed to the sun. There are two fleece types, the hairy fleece with a staple length of about 100mm and a fibre diameter of 33 microns, and woolly type of 60mm and 27 microns. Masham
 DescriptionThe Masham ewe is medium sized and hornless. She has a good reputation for the ability to perform well in a wide variety of circumstances. Producing quality lambs is what she is bred for with an added bonus of a long stapled fleece, particularly as a hogg. Average mature adult weighs 75kg. Meatlinc
 DescriptionThe Meatlinc is a British breed, in the terminal sire category, developed from a breeding programme originated by Henry Fell in 1963. It is white faced, tight in the wool, with great length and heavy hindquarters. It is amongst the biggest of the British breeds, a mature ram weighs 140kg.
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