Sheep Discovery - Breeds - Hampshire
Sheep Discovery - Breeds - Hampshire
Hampshire
- Origin - Hampshire County in England.
- Type - Meat breed.
- Wool - Short and dense (Medium Wool).
- Descriptors - Large frame size, white wool over body, with a dark brown to black face, largely free of wool from the eyes down and black-brown legs relatively free of wool from the knees and hocks down, a white wool cap, and polled.
- Important Traits - Carcass conformation, growth rate, feed conversion, and milking ability.
![Sheep Hampshire Ram](/sites/afs.ca.uky.edu/files/inline-images/shb6_hampshire.jpg)
![Sheep Hampshire Ewe](/sites/afs.ca.uky.edu/files/inline-images/shb1_hampshire.jpg)