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200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt 200 pt 300 pt 400 pt 500 pt 100 pt Sheep Burgers Wooly Boogers Ambipurpose(Blank) Interesting sheep facts
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Developed in U.S. by the Department of Agriculture Very hearty in tough conditions
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What is a Columbia?
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Origin: England White with white face Very large frame THE meat breed
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What is a Dorset?
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Origin: England White wool with black face and legs, which has patches of white wool on the face and legs Medium to large frame
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What is a Hampshire?
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Origin: England Second largest sheep breed (rams weighing in at 200- 300lbs.)
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What is an Oxford?
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Origin: England White with a light brown face and legs Very small frame
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What is the Southdown?
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Origin: Scotland, known for very cold, windy conditions Tolerance to wet conditions for foot rot Wool has helical crimp
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What is a Cheviot?
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Origin: England Most sought after fleece A hair breed, known for 2 sets of horns, can have up to 3 sets.
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What is a Jacob?
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Origin: England THE largest breed of sheep (with rams weighing in at 250- 350lbs.) Long-wool breed
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What is a Lincoln?
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Several specific breeds (German, Booroola, Fonthill, etc) Smooth skin Best wool breed
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What is a Merino?
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A pure gene, not a crossbreed “Lambs by the Litter” Record of 9 lambs in a single lambing
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What is a Romanov?
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Popular in South America Cross Lincoln rams with Merino ewes Originated in New Zealand as a dual purpose breed
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What is a Corriedale?
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Originated in Scandinavia Medium wool breed Very prolific (have lots of lambs)
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What is a Finn?
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Origin: France Finewool breed White with white legs and face Large frame
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What is a Ramboulliet?
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Origin: Great Britain Provides easy lambing High survival rate Quality fleece Uniformity
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What is a Border Leicester?
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Origin: Dubois, Idaho Predominantly located in the intermountain & northern states Medium/large White faced with wool on legs
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What is a Targhee?
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Breed of sheep used in movie Babe
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What is a Border Leicester? (Note: movie required 970 animals, 550 of which were sheep)
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First animal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, using nuclear transfer Lifespan: 7/5/1996-2/14/2003 Breed: Finn Dorset
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Who was Dolly?
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Mental exercise used in some European and Latin cultures as a means of lulling oneself to sleep
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What is “Counting Sheep”?
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Had sheep on Whitehouse lawn Wool sold to raise money for the Red Cross during WW1 The flock included “Old Ike” a tobacco chewing ram
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Who is President Woodrow Wilson?
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Location of sheep domestication 10,000 years ago
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What is Central Asia?
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