Ram at the Royal Show at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
Conservation status
FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 147
RBST (2017): Category 6[2]
Other names
Spanish Sheep
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Standard
Jacob Sheep Society
Traits
Weight
Male:
54 to 82 kg (120 to 180 lb)
Female:
36 to 54 kg (80 to 120 lb)
Wool colour
piebald – black or grey with white patches
Face colour
badger-faced – black cheeks and muzzle, white blaze
Horn status
horned in both sexes; may have two or four horns[3]
Sheep
Ovis aries
Four-horned Jacob skull in the anatomy museum of the Royal Veterinary College in London
The Jacob is a British breed of domestic sheep. It combines two characteristics unusual in sheep: it is piebald—dark-coloured with areas of white wool—and it is often polycerate or multi-horned. It most commonly has four horns. The origin of the breed is not known; broken-coloured polycerate sheep were present in England by the middle of the seventeenth century, and were widespread a century later. A breed society was formed in 1969, and a flock book was published from 1972.
The Jacob was kept for centuries as a "park sheep", to ornament the large estates of landowners. In modern times it is reared mainly for wool, meat and skins.
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