Schoonebeeker heather sheep
The Schoonebeeker Heideschaf (also Schoonebeeker for short) is a breed of sheep named after the place Schoonebeek . In the Netherlands it is counted among the grazing sheep along with dairy sheep and Texel sheep .
The Schoonebeeker is a very large, long-legged sheep with an elongated trunk. It is not horned and shows a so-called "Roman nose". The ears are large and high, stand to the side and point forward. The female animal can weigh up to 50 kg, the buck up to 80 kg.
literature
- Martin Haller: Rare domestic and farm animal breeds. Stocker, Graz and Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 978-3-7020-0893-2
- Hans Hinrich Sambraus: Endangered farm animal breeds. Their breeding history, use and preservation. Ulmer 1999, ISBN 978-3-8001-4131-9
Web links
Commons : Schoonebeeker Heideschaf - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- The breed portrait: The Schoonebeeker Heideschaf. In: vieh-ev.de. Diverse initiative for the preservation of old and endangered domestic animal breeds (VIEH)
- Heideschafe (incl. Schoonebeeker on the official Dutch breeder page)
- www.schapennet.nl
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The breed portrait: The Schoonebeeker Heideschaf. (No longer available online.) In: vieh-ev.de. Diverse initiative for the conservation of old and endangered domestic animal breeds (VIEH), archived from the original on May 3, 2013 ; accessed on May 16, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
