Determination of Balbas breed sheep standard performance the grown in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

The determination of the standard productivity of Balbas sheep raised in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic has not yet been carried out. For this purpose, the typological characteristics of Balbas breed sheep currently bred in the autonomous republic were studied and divided into three types according to body structure and performance. These are the tough, rough and gentle types. Sheep of a strong type have a height at the withers of 69 cm, an oblique body length of 68 cm, a chest width of 23 cm, a chest depth of 31 cm, a chest girth of 99 cm. Wool yield is 2.0 kg, milk yield is 100 kg per head. For coarse type ewes, these sizes are respectively 70, 68, 24, 33, 102 cm, 1.7 and 90 kg, for gentle type ewes 66, 21, 30, 96 cm, 1.5 kg.