Sheep Production Original Power Point Created by Mike Bosher Modified by Georgia Agricultural...

Sheep Production

Original Power Point Created by Mike Bosher

Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office

June 2002

Sheep ProductionTerms for understanding

• Ram – non-castrated male sheep

• Wether – castrated male sheep

• Ewe – female Sheep

Suffolk

• Medium Wool Breed• Mainly used for meat• England• White Wool with solid

black face and legs• Large Frame

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

Southdown

• Medium wool breed• Used mainly for meat• White with a mousey

brown face and leg• England• Very small framed• Very meaty

Ramboulliet

• Finewool breed• Used for meat and

wool production• France• White with a white

face and legs• Large framed

Dorset

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

Sheep ProductionClassifications for Sheep @ Ellis

County Livestock Show

• Fine wool

• Finewool Cross

• Medium Wool

• Southdown

• AOB (All Other Breeds)

Fine wool• Ramboulliet

Finewool Cross• Any thing

atleast a ½ crossed with Ramboulliet

Medium Wool• Hampshires

and Suffolks and crosses of the two

Southdowns• Southdowns

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

AOB (All Other Breeds)• Mainly

Dorsetts and Dorset Crosses

Sheep ProductionReproduction

• Estrus – Occurs every 16 days and last for 3 days

Sheep ProductionReproduction

• Gestation Period – 148 days

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

Parts of the Sheep

Skeletal System