Category:Sakiz Sheep

Found in the region surrounding Izmir in Turkey, the Sakiz, also known as the Çesme, is a carpet wool breed also kept for meat and milk production. White with black spots around the mouth and eyes and on the ears and legs. The males are horned and the females usually polled or hornless. They are a long-thin tail breed with fat at the base of the tail. The Sakiz originated from the Chios.