SHETLAND
General Appearance:
- Small sized sheep
- Alert and nimble, giving a smart active appearance
- Rams generally with horns, ewes are generally polled
- Mature body weight: Rams: 40-75 kg, Ewes 30-60 kg


Fleece:
Extra fine and soft texture, longish, wavy and well closed. Length 5 to 10 centimetres, which ideally should have 9-10 crimps per 2.5 centimetres. Wool on forehead and poll tapering into neck, likewise wool on cheeks. The variety of colour and fineness of the wool is a distinguishable feature of the breed. Wool on tail tapers off from the base leaving the lower end almost bare, except for short stubby hairs. This feature readily permits the purity of the breed to be gauged.