Anyone know what kind of sheep this is? Brown and white with crazy horns. Or is this a case of inbreeding? Hope, New Jersey
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Loc: melbourne.victoria, australia
The Jacob is a traditional British breed of domestic sheep. It combines two characteristics unusual in sheep: it is piebald – dark-coloured with areas of white wool – and it is often polycerate or multi-horned. It most commonly has four horns. The origin of the breed is not known; broken-coloured polycerate sheep were present in England by the middle of the seventeenth century, and were widespread a century later. A breed society was formed in 1969, and a flock book was published from 1972.
The Jacob was kept for centuries as a "park sheep", to ornament the large estates of landowners. In modern times it is reared mainly for wool, meat and skins.
Thank you very much for the education.
Nice shot. That's quite an animal!
Nice story...they are unusual.
Very interesting sheep. Quite a set of horns!
I don't know, but he looks good in your photo!
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