Tyrolean mountain sheep
The Tyrolean mountain sheep is a domestic sheep breed that is kept in the Tyrolean Alps . The breed goes back to the stone sheep and above all to the northern Italian Bergamasque sheep . It has been a uniform breed since the 1930s. The Tyrolean mountain sheep was the starting point for breeding the brown mountain sheep .
The Tyrolean mountain sheep is considered to be large to medium-sized. They are pure white and must not have any pigments or black eyes . Characteristic are the long, wide and drooping ears and the narrow, heavily rimmed and hornless head. The most important characteristic for breeding is that the Tyrolean mountain sheep is very fertile and can have offspring twice a year. On average, a Tyrolean mountain sheep gets 1.8 to 2.5 lambs per year. Sheep of the breed weigh up to 90 kg with a maximum height at the withers of 90 cm, and rams with a maximum height of 100 cm up to 130 kg. The productivity of the wool is 2.5 to 4.0 kg for sheep and 3.0 to 5.0 kg for rams per year.
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c Tyrolean mountain sheep at the Austrian Federal Association for Sheep and Goats
- ^ Tyrolean mountain sheep at the Lower Austrian State Breeding Association for Sheep and Goats
Web links
- Tyrolean mountain sheep on the website of the Austrian Federal Association for Sheep and Goats
- Tyrolean mountain sheep on the website of the Tyrolean Sheep Breeding Association
- Tyrolean mountain sheep on the website of the Lower Austrian Provincial Breeding Association for Sheep and Goats