WILTSHIRE HORN SHEEP

The Wiltshire Horn is an old breed of hair sheep, could trace back to the ancient Romans, originally from Wiltshire Downs in southern England raised for meat, with excellent meat taste. "The Wiltshire Horn is one of the foundation breeds for Katahdin, Wiltipoll, and Easycare breeds and the Hampshire breed along with Southdown sheep and the Berkshire." [1]. It has short wool and hair coat naturally shed in spring, so there is no need for shearing, crutching, docking. Since there is no need for shearing or crutching (saving you time to work on them) they do not suffer readily from flystrike makes them increasingly attractive to the commercial sheep sector, particularly as even pure-bred lambs can reach slaughter weight quickly. The Wiltshire Horn ram is use as a Terminal Sire to provide the genetics to maximize lamb growth, feed efficiency and carcass quality. Using a terminal sire can result in superior market lambs that meet the demands of your targeted market, take advantage of..

Also known as: Wiltshire, Wiltshire Horn