History
In spite of the fact that the first sheep were domesticated more than 8 thousand years B.C., appearance of meat sheep was conditioned by more late social and economical reasons. Breed of fast-maturing meat sheep was forming only in XVIII-XIX cent., after development of capitalism. At the beginning all domestic sheep were coarse-wooled. Later, after soft-wooled sheep already appeared, they were being mixed among each other; in such a way a new breed of half thin-wooled and half coarse-wooled sheep appeared. England is a native land of half thin-wooled meat sheep. Here in XVIII-XIX cent. 30 species of fast-maturing meat sheep were breeded.
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According to historical sources, in the beginning of 2 millennium B.C. local inhabitants of that time have already domesticated sheep on the territory of Lithuania, judging by remained animals’ bones. More exact evidence of sheep breeding may be found in more late documents (in Duisburg chronicles, different annals and other). The greatest number of sheep in Lithuania was fixated in 1926 – more than 1,5 million, and the smallest in 2001 – 11,5 thousand. At the moment the number of shepherds is increasing and reaches about 20 thousand. Now the most perspective breeds are meat sheep that mature fast and do not cumulate fats.
We
We started farming sheep in 2004, and at the moment we are one of the biggest sheep farmers in Lithuania. We grow pure northern breeds, whose meat is marked by softness and delicate taste, in environmentally compatible conditions.
