Sheep Production

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Sheep Production
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Sheep ProductionTerms for understanding

• Ram non-castrated male sheep
• Wether castrated male sheep
• Ewe female Sheep

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Suffolk

• Medium Wool Breed
• Mainly used for meat
• England
• White Wool with solid black face and legs
• Large Frame

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Hampshire

• Medium wool breed
• Used mainly for meat
• England
• White wool with black face and legs, which has
  patches of white wool growing on the face and
  legs
• Med to large frame

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Southdown

• Medium wool breed
• Used mainly for meat
• White with a mousey brown face and leg
• England
• Very small framed
• Very meaty

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Ramboulliet

• Finewool breed
• Used for meat and wool production
• France
• White with a white face and legs
• Large framed

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Dorset

• Medium wool breed
• Used for meat
• England
• White with white face
• Very meaty
• Very Large framed

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Sheep ProductionClassifications for Sheep _at_
Ellis County Livestock Show

• Fine wool
• Finewool Cross
• Medium Wool
• Southdown
• AOB (All Other Breeds)

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Fine wool

• Ramboulliet

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Finewool Cross

• Any thing atleast a ½ crossed with Ramboulliet

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Medium Wool

• Hampshires and Suffolks and crosses of the two

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Southdowns

• Southdowns show as a breed of their own, mainly
  due to size differences

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AOB (All Other Breeds)

• Mainly Dorsetts and Dorset Crosses

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Sheep ProductionReproduction

• Estrus Occurs every 16 days and last for 3 days

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Sheep ProductionReproduction

• Gestation Period 148 days

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Sheep ProductionFeeding

• Ruminants like cattle
• Feed a quality brand name 18 protien feed
• Most feeders feel a textured feed is more
  desirable than a pellet