Please help yourself and enjoy. Yes, they produce beautiful wool and eat grass, but that is only the beginning of the Shetland story. You may find their personalities as much fun as your dog or your cat . . . Shetland wool is world renown. Folks have passed Shetland sweaters down from generation to generation.
Most Shetland sheep are a single color however some have exciting marking patterns.
Some are snow white while others are various shades of silvery gray to coal black. Still others are shades of brown ranging from a light champagne color through medium brown to a dark Hershey bar color. They look so regal with their great curved horns that you may be surprised at how affectionate they are. The Shetland sheep breed is ancient. They are probably descendants of sheep brought to the Shetland Islands by early Nordic explorers many centuries ago.