Just like dogs, there are many breeds of sheep with their own unique characteristics. People tend to imagine sheep as fluffy ...

Andrew and Claudia Drechsel of Holley are promoting the preservation of rare heritage sheep breeds as part of a livestock conservancy program. The Drechsels and other 4-H'ers have bred and are showing ...

Jenny Shepherd, with her apt surname, and her partner own the world's largest flock of Manx Loaghtans on Ballacosnahan Farm and hope to raise awareness of the breed's commercial viability. Ms Shepherd ...

DENVER — On the first day of the National Western Stock Show, a Nashville sheep farm was being mobbed by passersby wanting to learn more, and pet, their rare breed of sheep. Originating from the Swiss ...

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TITONKA (AP) — A Titonka family raises a rare breed of sheep for their wool, which is prized by fiber artists for its softness. Jeff and Tara Benson founded Buffalo Creek Fibers eight years ago on ...

Jenn Monahan used to enjoy spinning wool before she became a yarn producer. ‘It was a hobby that led me to meet the people who keep rare breeds like the Norfolk Horn, and I developed so much respect ...

A couple are working to help bring back the historic and rare breed of Tunis Sheep Presented as a gift to George Washington in 1799, the historic Tunis Sheep became the most popular breed in America — ...

Sisters Angela and Elizabeth Tonkin raise sheep in Penn Township, but their animals aren't the common varieties used commercially in the United States. Angela, 17, a junior at Bible Baptist School, ...

BOONESBORO, Mo. -- Andy McMurry considers himself an abstract artist, blending colors and textures and patterns with eye-catching appeal. His approach is organic, the results naturalistic and his ...

PLATTEVILLE, Colo. — The cutest sheep in the world are making their debut on this earth. It's lambing season up in Weld County. The Davis Family farm is teeming with new life. You can't get too far ...