White Horned Heath
The White Horned Heath is a German heath sheep, known in German as the Weisse Gehornte Heidschnucke. It belongs to the old northern European group of hardy sheep used on poor heath, moor, and sandy pasture. Both rams and ewes are horned, with rams usually carrying heavier spiral horns and ewes lighter curved horns. The breed is white rather than the gray color associated with the better-known Grey Horned Heath, and it has a coarse, weather-shedding fleece suited more to traditional and craft uses than fine apparel wool.
These sheep are most often discussed in landscape grazing and rare-breed conservation. On heathland they help control coarse grass, birch seedlings, and scrub that would otherwise overtake open habitat. They are slow-growing compared with modern meat breeds, but they are useful where thriftiness, mobility, and seasonal outdoor grazing matter. Handling systems need to account for horns, and flocks still require hoof care, parasite monitoring, and winter forage when natural grazing is limited.
Colors: Badgerface, Black, Blackbelly, Broken, Brown, Gray, Grey, Gulmoget, Katmoget, Moorit, Piebald, Red, Roan, Silver, Solid, Spotted, Tan, White, White with Black Points, White with Brown Points
