About the Breed

The Wiltshire Horn is a traditional choice for the 21st Century farmer. The breed combines the strength of a traditional lowland breed with the ease of management and ability to meet the most stringent requirements of the modern sheep industry.

The Wiltshire Horn is unusual in that it has little wool and is naturally self shedding thereby considerably reducing shepherding costs associated with wool, with shearing unnecessary, and considerably reduced risk of fly strike.

The Wiltshire Horn will lamb easily, the lambs have remarkable vitality at birth and the breed requires relatively little attention during lambing.

Good mothering ability and milkiness are characteristics of the Wiltshire Horn ewe and both purebred and crossbred Wiltshire Horn lambs have the ability to grow to heavy weights without putting on excess fat.

The breed is truly dual purpose with Wiltshire Horn rams used as superior terminal meat sires whilst purebred ewes accept rams from all widely used meat sire breads to produce top quality prime lamb.