Registered Karakul Sheep
The Karakul is native to Central Asia in the former emirate of Bokhara, West Turkestan. This region is one of high altitude with scant desert vegetation and a limited water supply. A hard life imparted to the breed a hardiness and ability to thrive under adverse conditions, which is distinctive of the breed to this day.
They are resistant to internal parasites and foot rot. While they respond to good feed and care, they are excellent foragers and will go through a season of scant food or graze marginal land in which ordinary sheep would not survive. Karakuls withstand extremes of either hot or cold but should have access to dry cover and be kept out of marshy pastures.
The ewes are very protective and attentive mothers, resulting in a high lamb survival rate. The Karakul possess a strong flocking instinct and can be run either on open range or in fenced pastures.
The Karakul is distinguished by its colored fleece, which is due to a dominate black gene. Most lambs are born coal black. Other colors include a wide range of shades of silver blues grays, golden tans, reddish browns, white with flecks of other colors and occasionally pure white. The Karakul produces a lightweight, high-volume, strong fiber fleece that, at its best is long and lustrous, usually with no crimp. Considered long-stapled (average 6" to 12" per year), the fleece lacks a high grease content. It is easily spun, with little preparation.
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