We currently have two Icelandic rams. Jack , Black/Gray Mouflon carrying spotting and moorit, will be three next spring and we kept his son from this year, Grizz, a moorit mouflon lamb with really wide horns and beautiful fleece. Our previous Icelandic ram was Jake, a large black badgerfaced ram.
The two ram lambs pictures on my home page are Max and Grizz. Grizz, the moorit mouflon, is one of our flock rams this year. He has 2 ewes lambs and 2 ewes to breed. Part of him is also pictured with the Jacob rams. The picture is of our Jacob ram lamb, but Grizz is on the right side of the picture with me showing him.
Do you have pictures available for the rams for sale?
Thanks.
Pat
I thought Mouflon was a separate breed altogether from Icelandic. Nice to know the connection. Is it a color?
Mouflons are a type of wild European mountain sheep, but it’s also the name for a pattern in Icelandics. A lot of sheep breeds seem to use separate names for the same thing. Mouflon in Icelanadics is the same as black and tan in Navaho Churros or Reverse Badgerface in another breed. I think Shetland people have a special name for it too. It’s sort of like doberman pincer dogs – black or brown base with light belly and characteristic face markings.
Thanks for the information. I’d love to have an icelandic ewe or two for milking, fiber, etc. Your information was helpful, though, in pointing out that they have a harder time with heat (I live in NC) and are more prone to parasites than my Jacobs. Probably shouldn’t risk it. Haven’t wormed much in 4 years. I rotate pastures frequently. Hard to beat a Jacob! They taste delicious and of course the wool is fabulous!