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The fat-tailed Pedi sheep arrived in South Africa between 200 and 400 AD with the Bapedi people who migrated southwards into the Northern Province of South Africa and settled in the area south of Soutpansberg. Small framed, naturally polled, fat-tailed sheep with a flat, shallow body and long legs; the fat tail of these indigenous sheep is usually long and straight, although variations in tail shape do occur; coat colour varies in Pedi sheep from uniform brown through white with a red to brown head, to a variety of black and white patterns; the most common colour is white with a red-brown head, which resulted from selection for this trait in the foundation Pedi sheep flock at Stellenbosch. |
