Halim is my beautiful livestock guardian dog. Pictured here with Ivo the shepard.
Bulwye,myregistered Icelandic Ram. The Icelandic breed are special for several different reasons. The Icelandic breed is one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep, which exhibit a
fluke-shaped, naturally short tail. This is partly why we chose Bulwye to sire our lambs, because this trait will be passed down even when cross breeding. This means less work for us because we don't have to dock the tails of the lambs. The Icelandic is a mid-sized breed, generally short legged and stocky, with face and legs free of wool.
The fleece of the Icelandic sheep is dual-coated and comes in white as well as a variety of other colors, including a range of browns, grays, and blacks. They exist in both horned and polled (without horns) strains. Generally left unshorn for the winter, the breed is very cold-hardy.
Multiple births are very common in Icelandic ewes, with a lambing percentage of 175% - 220%. A gene also exists in the breed called the Thoka gene, and ewes carrying it have been known to give birth to triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, and even sextuplets on occasion. Can you imagine 6 babies at once?? Another good thing about the icelandic sheep is that they can produce for over 10 years, which is twice as long as other breeds.
fluke-shaped, naturally short tail. This is partly why we chose Bulwye to sire our lambs, because this trait will be passed down even when cross breeding. This means less work for us because we don't have to dock the tails of the lambs. The Icelandic is a mid-sized breed, generally short legged and stocky, with face and legs free of wool.
The fleece of the Icelandic sheep is dual-coated and comes in white as well as a variety of other colors, including a range of browns, grays, and blacks. They exist in both horned and polled (without horns) strains. Generally left unshorn for the winter, the breed is very cold-hardy.
Multiple births are very common in Icelandic ewes, with a lambing percentage of 175% - 220%. A gene also exists in the breed called the Thoka gene, and ewes carrying it have been known to give birth to triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, and even sextuplets on occasion. Can you imagine 6 babies at once?? Another good thing about the icelandic sheep is that they can produce for over 10 years, which is twice as long as other breeds.
