Jacob sheep

Jacob

Ram at the Royal Show at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
Conservation status	FAO (2007): not at risk[1]: 147  RBST (2017): Category 6[2]
Other names	Spanish Sheep
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Standard	Jacob Sheep Society
Traits
Weight	Male: 54 to 82 kg (120 to 180 lb) Female: 36 to 54 kg (80 to 120 lb)
Wool colour	piebald – black or grey with white patches
Face colour	badger-faced – black cheeks and muzzle, white blaze
Horn status	horned in both sexes; may have two or four horns[3]
Sheep Ovis aries

The Jacob is a British breed of domestic sheep. It combines two characteristics unusual in sheep: it is piebald—dark-coloured with areas of white wool—and it is often polycerate or multi-horned. It most commonly has four horns. The origin of the breed is not known; broken-coloured polycerate sheep were present in England by the middle of the seventeenth century, and were widespread a century later. A breed society was formed in 1969, and a flock book was published from 1972.

The Jacob was kept for centuries as a "park sheep", to ornament the large estates of landowners. In modern times it is reared mainly for wool, meat and skins.