- Basco-béarnaise
The basco-béarnaise is a French breed of
domestic sheep from the Basque country.Origins
It derives from a family of sheep breeds from the Pyrénées with falling wool. It arose in the béarnaise part of the
Pyrénées . It has long been flocked across the Girondine plain to the Pyrénéan mountain pastures.Morphology
Its wool is long, white and hanging. Its horns form a spiral around the ear. Its head and paws are coloured reddish-yellow. Ewes are 75cm long and weigh 55kg and rams are 90cm long and weigh 80kg.
Aptitude
It is a dairy breed, which issued from the AOC
Ossau-Iraty , derived from the ewes of the Pyrénées. A ewe of this breed produces 120 litres over 130 days of lactation, producing a milk rich in matière grasse (7,42 %) and in proteins (5,39 %).It is a rural breed, which lambs in spring and produces milk in the estive, passing on the richness of the Pyrénéean flora through its milk.
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