Alpines Steinschaf

The Alpine Stone Sheep is one of the oldest breeds of sheep represents all and is the historical starting breed of sheep farming in the Eastern Alps. It is genetically related to the Neolithic Torfschaf. With the Montafon, the Krainer and the Tyrolean stone sheep there beside the Alpine Stone Sheep three separate breeds.

Stone sheep are well adapted to terrain and climate of the high mountains. Color and pattern of the Alpine Stone Sheep are quite diverse. The body is slender, as a mountain specialist, it has very hard claws. Most bucks and sometimes females are horned.

Goats weighing 60 to 75 kg and ewes 45 to 60 kg. They bring mostly twice a year lambs to the world and have a high milk yield. The wool of the sheep stone consists of long guard hairs and wavy, fine and short hair wool.

The Alpine Stone Sheep was endangered livestock breed in 2009.

In Austria, the Alpine Stone Sheep led to the breeding of the breed in the traditional foods Register of Traditional Knowledge.