Icelandic sheep

Icelandic lamb and ewe

Icelandic sheep come in a variety of colors

The Icelandic sheep is a breed of domestic sheep. The Icelandic breed is a North European short-tailed variety of sheep, which exhibits a fluke-shaped, naturally short tail. 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 strains. Generally left unshorn for the winter, the breed is very cold hardy. Twinning is very common in Icelandic sheep and ewes with the Thoka gene have been known to give birth to triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, and even sextuplets on occasion.

External links

• Cape Street Farm, Icelandic Sheep Breeder, Goshen, Mass.
• Tongue River Farm, Icelandic Sheep Breeder Susan Briggs Mongold, Missouri
• Queso Cabeza Farm, Polled Icelandic Sheep Breeder, Michigan, USA
• Icelandic Sheep