Description

The Castlemilk Moorit is a long-legged, short-tailed sheep with a moorit (light tan) fleece and distinct Mouflon-patterned markings, that is white patches on the underbelly, rump, lower jaw, knees and inside lower legs and around the eyes. The ewes have two uniform and wide-spreading horns whilst rams have heavy spiralling horns. The legs are clean, the back straight and the ribs well sprung. The fleece is tight and even throughout, very soft to touch and deep chocolate at the base fading to light brown at the tips of the fibres. There is no kemp in the main body of the fleece, particularly in young animals although a little kemp around the tops of the legs and in the breech is acceptable. Staple length is 4-7cm, Bradford Count 48-50 demi-lustre and average fleece weight is about 1kg. Average mature ewe weighs 35-40kg, rams 50-55kg. The Castlemilk Moorit is Britain's rarest breed of sheep.