Wiltshire Horn Sheep.

The Wiltshire Horn has the strengths of a native lowland breed combined with low maintenance and low input costs. It meets the most stringent requirements of the modern sheep industry, in both commercial and smallholding sectors.

The current growth in popularity is primarily due to its ability to shed its fleece — a short fleece that naturally sheds in spring, then grows again in the autumn for winter protection. Labour and shearing costs are drastically reduced.

The ewes are milky, easy mothers, equally suited to indoor and outdoor lambing. Both purebred and crossbred lambs have remarkable vitality at birth and finish off grass, growing to heavy weights without excess fat.

"An old native breed once predominant on the Wiltshire Downs, saved from extinction in 1923 by a group of dedicated breeders."

Today, the breed has developed into a large commercial flock, exported to Australia, New Zealand, South America, the West Indies and across Europe.