Kerry Hill
This breed dates back to 1809 and comes from the Welsh border counties. It has been bred to survive in harsh
conditions, with good foraging abilities.
They have a white face with sharply defined black markings on the nose, eyes, ears and legs. The dense fleece
is white and is one of the softest British wool types. They are good mothers and milk well even on poor grazing.
Both sexes are polled, with mature rams weighing on average 65 – 70kg and ewes 55 – 60kg.
The rams are ideal to use over Hill and Longwool breeds to produce large, lean lambs.
The ewes are long-lived and can easily achieve a lambing percentage of 175, with the lambs growing well and
maturing early. They can be marketed at 16kgs at 12 – 14 weeks, or if kept on as stores, will produce a lean
carcass of 20 – 25kgs the following spring.
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