Sorry we are sold out for this year in this breed but are now taking deposits for next season. With his fuzzy face and legs this breed is one of the woolliest and oldest known . The very fuzzy wooled face and leggings of the lambs make them hard not to love instantly. The breed is calm, and though heavily built are very easy to work with, and a good first choice for the first time sheep man. They are easy keepers.
Colors range from all black to all white, most light colored ones have darker shaded legs and face.
All black or dark sheep fade with age not staying black. Their tails are docked short and they are to be shown in full wool on the face body and legs. The Standard Modern Southdown are a much larger sheep that originated from these sheep not the other way around as may be the case with most miniatures. Small Southdown sheep originated on the south down hills of Sussex County England, making them a hardy and productive sheep with remarkably good flavored meat. Southdowns are the oldest of all the down breeds of sheep.