1. SHEEP AgScience I Miss Whitford

2. Overview Breeds Common Terms Parts

4. Cheviot Origin: Scotland Characteristics: –White faced sheep with bare heads and legs –easy lambers –good milkers –polled –small in size

5. Columbia Origin: Wyoming (U.S.) Characteristics: –Lincoln ram x Rambouillet ewe cross – known for size and wool producing ability –white faced –polled –has wool on the legs

6. Corriedale Origin: New Zealand Characteristics: –White face with wool on face and legs –Medium sized –Good mothers –Polled –Yield heavy, medium wool fleeces

7. Dorset Origin: England Characteristics: –White face –Horned or polled –3 rd most popular breed –Heavy milkers –Produce more than one lamb crop a year –Heavy muscled carcasses

8. Finnsheep Origin: Finland Characteristics: –White and free of wool on the head –Breeds year round –Produce many offspring (2-4 lambs each lambing) –Reaches sexual maturity early –Medium grade, good wool

9. Hampshire Origin: England Characteristics: –Large, moderately prolific breeds –Wool caps –Black face and legs –Very good milking ability and growth –2 nd most popular breed –Hard to lamb

10. Rambouillet Origin: France Characteristics: –Large breed –White faced with wool on the head and legs –Polled or horned –Fine wool –Good mothers

11. Shropshire Origin: England Characteristics: –Dark face, ears, and legs –White on the jaw line and top of head –Wool on head and face –Prolific, matures early –Heavily muscled –Medium sized breed

12. Southdown Origin: England Characteristics: –Oldest English breed –Small size –Meaty carcass –Polled –white to light brown face –Wool on the legs –Medium wool

13. Suffolk Origin: England Characteristics: –Most popular breed –White body with solid black head and legs –High carcass quality –Rapid lamb growth –Medium wool breed

14. Sheep Breed- Review Cheviot

15. Sheep Breed- Review Columbia

16. Sheep Breed- Review Corriedale

17. Sheep Breed- Review Dorset

18. Sheep Breed- Review Finnsheep

19. Sheep Breed- Review Hampshire

20. Sheep Breed- Review Rambouillet

21. Sheep Breed- Review Shropshire

22. Sheep Breed- Review Southdown

23. Sheep Breed- Review Suffolk

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27. Sheep Breeds Quiz- Answers 1. Finnsheep2. Southdown 3. Cheviot4. Dorset

28. Sheep Breeds Quiz- Answers 5. Suffolk6. Shropshire 7. Hampshire8. Rambouillet

29. Sheep Breeds Quiz- Answers 9. Corriedale10. Columbia

31. Sheep Terms Genus: Ovis Breeding age male: Ram Breeding age female: Ewe Young male: Ram lamb Young female: Ewe lamb Newborn: Lamb

32. Sheep Terms continued Group: Flock Giving birth: Lambing Prolific: producing large # of offspring Lamb meat: under 1 year of age Mutton meat: over one year of age Docking: cutting off all or part of the tail –Keeps manure from soiling the wool Wether: castrated male sheep

33. Sheep Facts 7.8 million sheep in the U.S. Top 5 sheep and wool production states: 1.Texas 2.California 3.Wyoming 4.South Dakota 5.Colorado Sheer sheep in the spring Sheep have 8 teeth Ideal market lamb is 110-130 lbs

34. Typical Operations Outside Ohio: Western Sheep: –Largest number of sheep –Land is cheaper – range land –Fewer problems with parasites –White faced breeds are a major influence (Rambouillet, Columbia)

35. A Western Operation: Sheep Mountain Ranch in Laramie, Wyoming

36. Typical Operations Outside Ohio: Eastern Sheep: –More farms, but most with fewer than 100 head –Greater interest in purebreds –Greater concentration More sheep per acre, more parasites, more disease

37. Typical Operations in Ohio: Small family farms Purebreds Club lambs

38. Ohio Sheep: Ohio is the number one sheep producing state East of the Mississippi River! Number one purebred state in the U.S. 12 th in overall sheep production 260,000 head and 3,600 operations

39. Australia Number one sheep producing country in the world Primarily white faced breeds (merino, rambouillet) 80 percent of sheep raised for wool – One wether equals one pound of wool per acre per year

40. New Zealand Wool Focus- 45 million sheep and 5 million people Management intensive grazing Research- cloning/biotechnology Islands- no major diseases or predators Control border closely

41. Breeding Gestation Period: 148 days Breeding season- August - fall Estrous cycle- every 16 days for 30 hrs. Use a marking harness on the males to tell which females have been bred. Shear ewes at least 1 month before lambing. Dock the lambs tail at 7-10 days

42. Predators Coyotes and wolves Dogs (Your family pet!) Black Vultures are a rising threat

43. Predator Control Guard dogs (Great Pyrenees) Guard llamas, donkeys High tensile electric fence

44. Products: Meat Treasure Valley Sheep Producers

45. Traits of Importance: Wool Wool is less important than it used to be, due to decreased value Staple length Grease fleece weight Crimp Wool fiber diameter

46. Products: Wool

47. Traits of Importance: Dairy Sheep milk is lower in lactose, making it more palatable for individuals with lactose intolerance Higher protein content Products: cheese, yogurt, fluid milk

48. Products: Dairy

49. Products: By-Products Lanolin Products (such as lotions) Cosmetics Surgical Sutures

50. Nutrition: Sources of Feed Grow your own: –Grains (Corn) –Forages (Pasture, hay) Purchase from a feed store Purchase from area farmers

51. Nutrition: Prepared Grain additives – Add molasses for palatability, decreases dust. Add minerals for improved nutrition content. Add a BOSE (vitamin E and selenium) loose salt in Ohio. Ohio soils are selenium deficient. Hay – Purchase from an area farmer, feed store or grow your own. Mineral Blocks – Use only molasses mineral blocks or loose mineral. Sheep chew hard salt blocks and break their teeth. Do not use blocks made for cattle – there is too much copper

54. Sheep Parts 1.Muzzle 2.Face 3.forehead 4.poll 5.Neck 6.Top of shoulder 7.Back or rack 8.Loin 9.Hip 10.Rump 11.Dock 12.Middle 13.Twist 14.Leg 15. Hock 16.Pastern 17.Hoof 18.Rear flank 19.Belly 20.For flank 21.Cannon 22.Knee 23.Forearm 24.Breast or brisket 25.Shoulder

56. Wholesale cuts of Lamb 1.Loin 2.Leg 3.Foreshank and breast 4.Rib 5.Shoulder

57. Sheep Feet and Leg Structure Side View Front Legs Correct Calf-kneed Weak pasterns Buck kneed Side View Rear Legs Correct Sickle-hocked Post-legged

58. Sheep Feet and Leg Structure Front View Correct Splay-footed Pigeon-Toed Knock-Kneed Rear View Correct Bowlegged Cow-hocked

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