Tiroler Bergschaf
The Tyrolean mountain sheep is a domestic breed of sheep, which is held in the Tyrolean Alps. The breed dates back to the Stone Sheep and especially on the northern Italian Bergamasca. Since the 1930s, there is a single race. The Tyrolean mountain sheep was, in turn, the output for the breeding of the Brown Mountain sheep.
The Tyrolean mountain sheep is considered to be medium to large. They are pure white and have no pigments or Birkaugen have. Characteristic are the long, wide and pendulous ears and narrow, very geramste and hornless head. For breeding is the most important feature that the Tyrolean mountain sheep is very fertile and two times a year can have a baby. On average, gets a Tyrolean mountain sheep from 1.8 to 2.5 lambs per year. Sheep of the race are up to 130 kg at a maximum height at the withers of 90 cm up to 90 kg ram at a maximum height at the withers of 100 cm. The yield of wool in sheep is 2.5 to 4.0 kg, rams, 3.0 to 5.0 kg per year.