Montafon stone sheep
The Montafon stone sheep is an Austrian domestic sheep breed of stone sheep .
ancestry
The mixed-puffed aseasonal stone sheep is an autochthonous breed from the Montafon with little Bergamasque crossbreeding . The breed is related to the Bündner Oberland sheep and, like this one, comes from the peat sheep .
description
Compared to other sheep, they are smaller and slimmer, frugal and extremely resistant. A good feed processor in high and steep areas. Black to brownish and white and black piebald fur colors occur more frequently in the fur; completely white sheep are rather rare. Both sexes can be horned or hornless.
Duration
The number of these breeding animals is increasing slightly, but still below 150.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Montafon Stone Sheep. In: arche-austria.at. ARCHE Austria, accessed on January 11, 2016 .
- ↑ ÖNGENE The Montafon Stone Sheep
swell
- Martin Haller: Rare domestic and farm animal breeds . Leopold Stocker Verlag , Graz 2005, page 100. ISBN 3-7020-0893-4
Web links
Commons : Montafoner Steinschaf - Collection of images, videos and audio files
