Or as few as two, but four horns is most common. According to the Jacob Sheep Breeders Association, a finely-bred Jacob should have eye patches that extend over the cheeks and a white blaze, a ...

A Jacob sheep allows a horse to scratch its head on one of its horns Sunday in a field along Dibert Road in Bedford. Jacob sheep typically have four horns and are piebald or spotted. Mirror photo ...

"The Jacob Sheep horns can probably be processed anywhere in the world but what makes the horns special is that we are processing them in Israel, which gives them a holiness," she said.

Although their true name is “Piebald Sheep” they are known colloquially as “Jacobs”. They are the ovine mimics of the British Friesian cow, mostly white but with black spots, or patches ...