fat-tailed sheep are meat sheep breeds.Such animals received a funny name for a feature peculiar only to them.It turns out, they stored fat is deposited in the rump (a kind of balloon, located at the tail), and its weight can reach 10 kg, which is a lot, given the general parameters of the animal.Fat-tailed sheep breeds may be of interest to those whose business is based within the livestock.In Russia this niche are just beginning to develop.That is why the focus of the article is devoted to the description of rocks and to distinguish them from ordinary sheep.How does kurdjuchnyj sheep?Photographs shown in the article.
How not to be deceived?
Beginners livestock easily mislead by giving other species of fat-tailed sheep.
- Baran tailed fat tail does not.Instead, he covered with a layer of fat a small ponytail.This is the main difference.
- tailed Baran also does not apply to fat-tailed, and for the same reason.Fat had deposited in a triangular tail.
- Baran Karabakh is considered fat-tailed.However, the fat in the average weight of the animal is only 2-2.5 kg.A distinctive feature of the breed - forked rump.The meat is delicious.
What are fat-tailed sheep are the largest?
It's Gissar sheep.Conclusions are by national selection in the mountain pastures.Do the experts considered a special "race" fat-tailed sheep due to specific conditions of keeping and breeding, as well as isolation from other types of similar.Differ largest rump (in some individuals it can reach up to 30 kg).Sheep at the withers grow to 80 cm, sheep - up to 85 cm. Pets are strong, developed, with large and wide body.The head is massive, the neck is short and thick, hook-nosed face.No problem can withstand the transitions at distances up to 500 km (from winter pastures to the alpine summer).The total weight is 200 kg for sheep (for sheep - 30-40% less), slaughter - about 60%.
Today the breed is developing in three directions: greasy, greasy meat, meat.It should be noted that the latter type of "storage" (rump) is much less.Precocious young growth (weight gain of a pound a month).Uterine always hornless, rams horns sometimes grow small.Coat rough, especially with a thick spine.Shearing low - 1.5 kg to 1.4 ram and a sheep.Wool is suitable for the manufacture of felt and felt mat.Gissar sheep are well adapted to the new conditions.
What other rocks are now farmers' markets?
are in demand even edilbaevskie Karachevsky and sheep.They concede Hissar in terms of meat and greasy volumes (productivity), but the quality of the wool have higher (more fluff, softer to the touch) and clipped more.
How much fat-tailed sheep and where to buy them?
the case of dilution, for the further breeding work is necessary to take vysokoporodnyh individuals.North Caucasian and Central Asian fat-tailed sheep breeding farms are sold in the country.The price of one adult - 7-12 thous. Rubles.
Culture of consumption of high quality lamb in Russia is only beginning to emerge.Good fat-tailed sheep, unlike their counterparts, have a higher quality of meat, fat, wool.
