Which Sheep breeds come in White?

Club breed standards describe White for the Dorper sheep, East Friesian sheep, Hampshire sheep, Katahdin sheep, Leicester Longwool, Lincoln sheep, Merino, Romney, St. Croix sheep, Suffolk sheep, and Wensleydale sheep.

Sheep color

White

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

28 Sheep breeds list White. It is in a club standard for 12 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept White

Breed	DORPER SA	LSZV MV	HAMPSHIRE DSBA	KHSI	LLSBA US	LINCOLN LLSBA	MERINO SA	AMERICAN ROMNEY	SCHSB	SCHSIA	USSA	WLSBA
Dorper sheepBlack-headed	Standard (“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
Dorper sheepWhite	Standard (“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
East Friesian sheep	No ruling	Standard (“einheitlich weiß”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Hampshire sheep	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“White in colour”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Katahdin sheep	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“any color or pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Leicester Longwool	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“clean and white”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Lincoln sheep	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“white wool”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Merino	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“white to slightly cream-coloured”)	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	Standard (“white”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
St. Croix sheep	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“usually white”)	Standard (“white hair sheep”)	No ruling	No ruling
Suffolk sheep	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“clean white fleeces”)	No ruling
Wensleydale sheep	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“white”)

Breeds where White is a fault

Breed	BBSAI	DORPER SA	ASBA SOUTHDOWN
Barbados BlackbellyHooves	Fault (“White hooves or hooves with white marks”)	No ruling	No ruling
Dorper sheepBlack-headed · Hooves	No ruling	Fault (“white hoofs are undesirable”)	No ruling
Southdown sheepHooves	No ruling	No ruling	Fault (“Total white hooves are discriminated against”)

Breeds where White is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
Awassi sheep
Cormo sheep
Cotswold
Dorper sheep
Dorper sheepHooves
Dorset sheep
East Friesian sheepHooves
Lacaune
Rambouillet
Shropshire
Southdown sheep
Texel
TexelWhite

Color changes

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

Whitechanges toSpotted
Coat · Progressive
Blackchanges toWhite
Coat · With body condition · can change back

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