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 heterosis. So you can improve your mix breed commercial sheep to the auction yard. The smaller-scale producer seeking added value with quality, naturally reared, full-flavoured meat, unmatched tenderness, almost no gamey taste, its easy-to-handle conformation, and its low-input, no-shear attributes."[2] The large commercial operator can tap into Wiltshire Horn genetics and create wool-shedding hybrids, (upgrade a breed to create another breed), so freeing themselves from the expense and hassle of annual shearing;[3] [4] The Wiltshire Horn Sheep is a tough breed that could survive in scant vegetations with little care. Registrable in the Livestock Conservancy.

Wiltshire Sheep Ranch located in Oroville California, USA

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