Bleu du Maine

Bleu du Maine
In the Écomusée du pays de Rennes [fr]
Conservation status
Other names
  • Bazougers
  • Blauköpfiges Fleischschaf
  • Bluefaced Maine
  • Blue-headed Maine
  • Maine-Anjou
  • Maine à tête bleue
  • Mayenne Blue
Country of originFrance
StandardOrganisme de Sélection
Usemeat, wool
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    110–120 kg[3]: 765 
  • Female:
    80–90 kg[3]: 765 
Height
  • Male:
    76 cm[2]
  • Female:
    65 cm[2]
Wool colourwhite
Face colourblue
Horn statuspolled
Detail of head (Salon International de l'Agriculture, Paris, 2018

The Bleu du Maine is a French breed of domestic sheep. It originated in the historic region of Maine, and is distributed mainly in the départements of Maine-et-Loire, the Mayenne and the Sarthe in the Pays de la Loire in western France.

It is a large and prolific sheep, characterised by the distinctive blue face from which its name derives.[3]: 765  It is raised primarily for meat.[2]

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