Texel sheep
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The Texel is a Dutch breed of domestic sheep originally from the island of Texel off the north coast of the Netherlands. It is a heavy and muscular sheep, often exhibiting extreme muscular hypertrophy
Texelschafe 2003
Bélier texel
Ewe with lamb on Texel
On the island of Texel
Wensleydale sheep
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The Wensleydale is a British breed of domestic sheep. It is named for the Wensleydale region of North Yorkshire, in the north of England, where it was bred in the early nineteenth century by cross-bre
Texel sheep
…cross-bred with imported British stock of various breeds – among them the Border Leicester, the Leicester Longwool, the Lincoln Longwool and the Wensleydale – with the aim of improving meat production qualities. A herd-book was established in 1909. In the twenty-first century the Texel constitutes approximately…
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A Wensleydale in full fleece
The fleece
A six-day-old lamb