Racka sheep

[oldeuropeanculture]

These are Racka sheep. The Racka is a unique breed with both ewes and rams possessing long spiral shaped horns. This sheep is a bit of a mystery, a mystery whose solving will shed new light on the history of the Balkans.


You can read more here:


http://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2015/07/racka-sheep.html

 

[gyms]

http://www.oengene.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=61&lang=en

http://rackasheep.webs.com/

The Racka is a unique breed with both ewes and rams possessing long spiral shaped horns. The breed is of the Zackel type and originated in Hungary. In Hungary they are considered treasures. In the mid 1700's nearly half of all the sheep there were of the Racka breed, nearly
3 1/2 million.
http://ixchelbunny.blogspot.se/2015/01/magical-hungarian-racka-adventures.html

The Racka Sheep originally come from Hungary and have existed at least since the 1800s when there was a first registry established. Their history goes further back than that though : In South-West Asia have been found skulls and bones of Racka-like sheep dating from about 11.000 years ago. About 8.000 years ago, in Mesopotamia, the ancient Iraq, and in the ancient Egypt lived long-tailed sheep with the same drill-shaped horns as the Racka, as can be seen on wall-paintings found in local caves. Possibly, the Racka is originating from the wild Middle-Eastern sheep: the Ovis ammon arkal.

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The Racka left his original area during the Great Migrations . The Avars, Petschenegs, Jazygs and Huns brought them to Central- and East-Europe. In 1750, half of the total flock of seven million Hungarian sheep were Rackas! Somewhere around that time, about 50.000 lambs and sheep were traded on the market near the Hortobâgy Bridge. Economically, in these days the Racka was very interesting: they managed to survive quite well on the open, dry and poor plains of Hungary, the Puszta. The fleece of 2-3 day old lambs were sold to make very fine bonnets and collars for the richer Hungarians.



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[Ike]

They say it's on the brink of extinction.

 

[oldeuropeanculture]

gyms, did you actually read the article that I linked to? Obviously not. There is no way Racka sheep is a Hungarian breed.