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Fatty acid and chemical contents in meat of Patch Face Maritza lambs, slaughtered after weaning (60 days), were investigated in this study. Dry matter were 29.98%, farts – 13.61%, protein – 15.43 %. Oleic fatty acid (C18:1) is the primary fatty acid in the meat of Patch Face Maritza lambs – 26.41%. Unsaturated linoleic (C18:2) and linolenic (C18:3) fatty acids contents were respectively – 4.63 % and 1.32 %, with favoural proportion of them – 3.5 : 1. It was found tendency of low content of saturated fatty acids – 52.08 % and hight content of unsaturated fatty acids – 47.91%.