The Annual Shetland Flock Book Show
The Shetland Flock Book Trust was founded in 1926 as The Shetland
Flock Book Society and is dedicated to preserving and promoting the breed
of sheep native to the Shetland Islands.
Currently undergoing something of a revival, the Shetland Sheep are
particularly noted for the ir fine quality and softness of their wool
and for the excellent quality and flavour of their meat.
Additionally the breed exhibits other desireable qualities such as;
good mothering, milkiness, longevity and easy maintenace.
As a hill breed of sheep, it has a characteristic hardiness that enables it to thrive on the heather clad moors and rocky headlands of it's native islands. It is also a versatile breed and does very well on improved pastures adding profligacy to it's other qualities.
Lamb from Shetland Sheep is now served in some of the finest restaurants in the UK and despite the relatively small size of the carcase is recognised to be of outstanding quality and flavour.
The majority of native Shetland Sheep are white but can come in a variety of colours including black, grey, brown and mixed. The Ram has nicely rounded horns whilst the ewe is usually hornless. The head is well carried, the face of medium length, the tail is short, broad at the root and tapering to a point.
There have been sheep on Shetland for thousands of years and the Shetland belongs to the Northern Short Tailed group. Geographical isolation has, almost certainly, prevented external influences on the breed.
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Some of our suppliers with their
prize winning Shetland Sheep at the
2007 Shetland Flock Book Show |
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Prize Winning Shetland Fleece
entries from this years show
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Oliver Henry judging some of the entries
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Assesing the quality of a winning fleece
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| Prize Winning White Shetland | Prize winning Coloured Shetland |
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Lerwick
Shetland Islands
United Kingdom
ZE1 OPQ
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