Skylee on Instagram: "Everyone always asks “what breed are your sheep”, they’re Icelandic! Icelandics are so different from merinos or other “commercial” sheep breeds, and I love them for a few reasons. Delicious meat: Icelandic sheep produce a delicious meat that is also darker than other breeds, due in part to the fact that they have a higher content of red muscle fibers. Icelandic sheep are also a low lanolin breed which reduces the gamey flavor often associated with lamb. Icelandic lamb meat