Sheep Breeds

Dorset

• Medium Wool • Meat• Worldwide

Faeroes Sheep

• Short-tailed• Primitive• Denmark

Kerry Hill

• Hill• Dual Purpose• United Kingdom,

Europe

Blue Texel

• Medium Wood• Meat• Netherlands and Europe

Border Cheviot

• Meat• Hill• United Kingdom,

Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand

Border Leicester

• Long wool• Dual-purpose• Worldwide

Manchega

• dual purpose (dairy and meat)

• Spain, Europe

Drysdale

• Carpet wool• Dual-purpose

• New Zealand, Australia

Ryeland

• medium wool• meat

• United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand

West African

• hair (meat)

• Caribbean, South America

Katahdin

• hair (meat)

• North America, Caribbean, Asia

Chios

• dairy • semi-fat-tailed

• Greece, Mediterranean