There are many reasons why growing numbers - primarily farmers and knitters - are fixated on the Icelandic sheep. The breed, with fine-grained meat and a wooly coat that is both light-as-air and ...

The Icelandic sheep roam over their area of hills and mountains. They seem to be on their own with some leader sheep, but they have no predators except arctic foxes and eagles, however they are ...

Flowers, who has about 75 Icelandic and Shetland sheep which she breeds, recently brought her concerns to the town of Ledyard and the village of Aurora.

An old, genetically pure breed, the Icelandic sheep are known for their ability to survive. Iceland does not grow grain, so these sheep have learned to thrive on pasture and hay.

Icelandic sheep, known for their milk, coats and meat, are one of the few remaining breeds in Europe that are regularly born with four horns, according to the Icelandic Sheep Breeders of North ...

Mark Adams, who raises three kinds of sheep near Fayette, said he traveled to Jefferson City to better understand how to shear Icelandic sheep, which is an ancient breed.