Sheep and Goat Breeds

By Michael Teague

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Terminology

Ram – Male Ewe – Female Lamb – Young Sheep

Sheep

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Classes

Fine Wool – emphasis on quality wool Medium Wool –emphasis on quality meat Long Wool – large breeds that produces a long coarse fiber Crossbred Wool – cross of FW and LW Hair Type – sheer free

Fine Wool

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Merino

• • Origin Spain Males Horned Females Polled • •

Rambouillet

Origin France

Merino Ram

Merino Ewe

Rambouillet Ram

Rambouillet Ewe / Lamb

Medium Wool • • • Dorset – England Hampshire – England Suffolk – England, Large Breed, Popular, • Southdown - England

Dorset Ram

Dorset Ewe

Hampshire Ram

Hampshire Ewe

Suffolk Ram

Suffolk Ewe

Dorset Ram

Long Wool • • Leicester – England Lincoln – England • Romney - England

Leicester

Lincoln Ram

Cross Breed Wool • • Columbia – USA Corriedale – New Zealand

Columbia Wether

Corriedale Ewe

Hair Type

• • Dorper – South Africa Barbado – Origin Texas, Trophy Animal on Game Ranch

Dorper Ram and Ewe

Barbado Ram

Goats • • • •

Terminology

Buck – Male Doe – Female Kid – Young Goat • • • • • • •

Types

Angora – Origin Turkey, Produce Mohair, 95% in Tex, Cashmere – Fine Fiber Spanish – The “TX Longhorn” of goats Dairy – Bred for Milk Production Boer – S. Africa, Meat Type Other – Pygmy and Fainting

Angora Buck and Doe

Cashmere Buck

Spanish Buck

Dairy Goats • French Alpine • Nubian – Africa, Polled • Toggenburg – Switzerland,

French Alpine Doe

Nubian Doe

Toggenburg Doe

Boer Buck

Boer Doe

Pygmy

Fainting Goat