Altay sheep are from the dry, cold mountain basins of China.
They are fat-rumped and are sometimes raised for carpet wool
(they average 2.5 to 3.5 pounds, 1.3 - 1.5 kg, of wool per shearing), but more
often they are raised for meat.
Over time Altay sheep gradually developed
a fat tail (or rump) as a consistent characteristic. The tail (or rump) weighs
about 15 pounds (7 kg). The rams average 180 pounds (82 kg) and the ewes 150
pounds (69 kg) at maturity.
About Altay Sheep
