sheep and goat

• Ewe


  Female sheep
• Yearling


  Goat of either sex under one year of age
• Kid


  Sheep under one year old and also the term for meat from a young sheep
• Doe


  Female goat at any age
• Chammy


  Leather made from sheep and goats
• Lambing


  Process of a sheep giving birth
• Wether


  Male goat or sheep that was castrated when it was young
• Differences between sheep and goats

  • Usually have horns
  • Goats are more common to have horns
  • Have a philtrum (upper lip)
  • Sheep has philtrum
  • Tail points down
  • Sheep points down
  • Tend to graze for food
  • Sheep graze for food
  • Have wool
  • Sheep
  • Usually polled
  • Sheep
• Feedlot production


  May be marketed as organic, steroid free
• Range band production


  Poor range areas, sometimes in the mountains
• Farm flock production


  Smaller flocks found in the midwest
• Purebred production


  High quality, specialized diets to produce specific animals for breeding
• Dairy production


  Used for the production of gourmet cheese
• Range band


  May have sheep, goats or both in the hundreds, to thousands
• Hobby production


  Used for specific projects such as showing and 4-H
• Farm flock

  Fed in feedlots to reach a desirable market weight
• At around 4 years of age, a doe's teeth will have four permanent teeth
• Know the external anatomy of the sheep and goat, as well as how to tell age using teeth
• Dorset


  Origin

  North Carolina and White wool

  Often horns sometimes pulled.

  
• Hampshire 

  from hamsphire and Dark brown or black skin Large

  
• Oxford in new england they Have very heavy fleeces

  Dark skin white whitish wool


  Oxford

  
• origin in England, there description: no horns- dark faces and kegs Overall large with Broad loin, long limbs 



  Suffolk

  
• U.s virgina This sheep isn’t known for its wool since its known for its meat, also No horns Usually completely white but can be tan, black, brown, or with dark spots. won't have wool


  St. Croix

  
• South American and Hornless (pulled)

  Often black feet

  They have a black head or sometimes white heads 


  Dorper

  
• From alps Dairy goat

  They male and females have short hair

  Males usually bearded.

  Straight face with erect ears 


  Alpine

  
• Originated from oregon 

  Dairy goat 

  Straight face with very short ears 

  Often breaded 


  Lamancha 

  
• Originated in britain 

  Dairy goat 

  Not thick and long ears

  with roman noses 

  Short fine glossy hair 


  Nubian

  
• is designed to feed sheep or goats to market weight. Animals are purchased from farm flocks and range bands at weaning and fed until they reach a weight desired by processing plants. The sole purpose of this type of production system is to take animals from weaning to market for meat production. 

  feedlot
• feedlot production


  to be sold into specialty, or niche, markets. Such markets include those for organic, free-range, antibiotic-free, and steroid-free animals.