Terminology
Docile
livestock which are calm, not aggressive and easily trained and handled
This breed is bred for the purpose of wool harvesting AND meat production.
Montadale
Ram
What is sheeps wool coat called?
Fleece
This breed is very small, is solid white with a black muzzle and feet, has no wool on its face or legs, and has good mothering and milking ability.
Cheviot
Docked
refers to removing most of the tail for hygiene purposes
This breed is bred primarily for their carcass quality, and their physical characteristics include a white wool cap and white wool with dark legs and face.
Hampshire
lamb
young of sheep
Meat from a young sheep under a year
Lamb
This breed is solid white, has wool on its legs, is polled, and has good mothering ability.
Columbia
breeds which are traditionally utilized to meet both wool and meat production needs
Dual-Purpose
This breed produces high quality fleece, and its physical characteristics include being polled, horned, or having scurs, as well as having wool on their legs.
Merino
Young female
Ewe lamb
List one polled breed of sheep
This breed is polled, has a solid white body and a brown-gray muzzle and legs, short-thick ears, and is known for its prolificacy and milking ability.
Southdown
refers to the amount of effort needed for an ewe to give birth
Lambing Ease
This breed has a large frame, is typically horned, solid white, and has wool on their legs.
Rambouillet
Ewe
Sexually mature female
meat from a sheep older than 1
Mutton
This breed is polled, has a white body with black face and legs with no wool, and has a lean carcass.
Suffolk
Polled
Absence of Horns
This breed is what Momo, Cicks, Seavon, and Wooly Nelson are.
Hampshire
Act of parturition
Lambing
Species name
Ovine
This breed has a black and white fleece and multiple sets of horns.
Jacob