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Vlachs domestic sheep
Ovis aries
A breed of Sheep
Romanian sheep breed.
- Family
- Bovidae
Keeping
How it is kept
For Sheep generally
No keeping details are recorded for this breed yet, so these are the species’.
Kept for
- Meat
- Fibre
- Dairy
- Mature weight
- 40–130 kg
- Lifespan
- 10–12 years
- Gestation
- 147 days
- Temperament
- Gentle flock animals that stress easily when alone
- Forage
- Grazers that do well on good grass and hay. Ewes need extra feed late in pregnancy, and many areas need a mineral supplement made for sheep.
- Housing
- Stock-proof fencing and shelter from wind and rain. Lambing in cold, wet weather may need a barn or shed.
- Good to know
- Sheep must never be kept alone. Most wool breeds need shearing at least once a year, and feet and the rear end need regular checks for flystrike in warm weather. Sheep are sensitive to copper, so avoid minerals and feeds made for cattle or goats.
The record
Breed facts
Size
- Weight (female)
- 40–50 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Weight (male)
- 40–50 kgBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Appearance
- Horns
- Varies by sexBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Status
- Population
- 179 breeding females, 27 breeding males in GermanyBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Photos, videos and notes
From keepers
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Vlachs domestic sheep
- Slug
- vlachs-domestic-sheep
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Bovidae
- Genus
- Ovis
- Species
- aries
- Cultivar
- Vlachs domestic sheep
- Wikidata QID
- Q116205763
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48