Which Schaf breeds come in Weiss?

Club breed standards describe Weiss for the Dorper, Hampshire, Katahdin, Leicester Longwool, Lincoln, Merino, Ostfriesisches Milchschaf, Romney, St. Croix, Suffolk und Wensleydale.

Schaf color

Weiss

White hair, feathers, skin, horn or shell. A white coat can still have dark eyes and dark skin; compare albino and leucistic.

28 Schaf breeds list Weiss. It is in a club standard for 12 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Weiss

Breed	DORPER SA	HAMPSHIRE DSBA	KHSI	LLSBA US	LINCOLN LLSBA	MERINO SA	LSZV MV	AMERICAN ROMNEY	SCHSB	SCHSIA	USSA	WLSBA
DorperSchwarzköpfig	Standardgemäß (“A white sheep with black confined to the head and neck”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
DorperWeiss	Standardgemäß (“A white sheep”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Hampshire	No ruling	Standardgemäß (“White in colour”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Katahdin	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäß (“any color or pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Leicester Longwool	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäß (“clean and white”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Lincoln	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäß (“white wool”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Merino	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäß (“white to slightly cream-coloured”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Ostfriesisches Milchschaf	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäß (“einheitlich weiß”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Romney	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäß (“white”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
St. Croix	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäß (“usually white”)	Standardgemäß (“white hair sheep”)	No ruling	No ruling
Suffolk	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäß (“clean white fleeces”)	No ruling
Wensleydale	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäß (“white”)

Breeds where Weiss is a fault

Breed	BBSAI	DORPER SA	ASBA SOUTHDOWN
Barbados BlackbellyHufe	Fehler (“White hooves or hooves with white marks”)	No ruling	No ruling
DorperSchwarzköpfig · Hufe	No ruling	Fehler (“white hoofs are undesirable”)	No ruling
SouthdownHufe	No ruling	No ruling	Fehler (“Total white hooves are discriminated against”)

Breeds where Weiss is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
Awassi
Cormo
Cotswold
Dorper
DorperHufe
Dorset
Lacaune
Ostfriesisches MilchschafHufe
Rambouillet
Shropshire
Southdown
Texel
TexelWeiss

Color changes

How Weiss can appear or change over an animal's life.

Weisschanges toGefleckt
Fell · Fortschreitend
Schwarzchanges toWeiss
Fell · Mit dem Körperzustand · can change back

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