Sheep Flashcards
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DORPER
- hornless
- meat
- skin valuable
Blackhead Persian ram x dorset ewe
-black head diagnostic?
1
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SOUTHDOWN
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DAMARA
- coloured
- fat tail
- looks like a fucking goat
- meat
2
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LINCOLN
- large
- wool and meat
2
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AWASSI FAT-TAIL
3
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WILTSHIRE HORN
- horns on rams and ewes
- sheds fleece
- meat
- black nose
5
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BORDER LEICESTER
- large
- bare face and legs
- roman nose
- long coarse wool
- cross with merino ewes to produce 1st cross prime lamb
6
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What breed is this?
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Hampshire Down
7
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SOUTH AFRICAN MEAT MERINO
8
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AWASSI FAT-TAIL
9
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Southdown
- small squareish
- short wool
- meat
-THE CUTEST ONE!!!
9
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DAMARA
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MERINO
10
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- What is a Ewe?
- What is a Maiden Ewe
- What is a Dry Ewe
- What is a Dry Dry Ewe
- What is a Wet Ewe
- What is a Wet Dry Ewe
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- Female sheep > 2years
- Female not yet mated/ had first lamb/weaned 1st lamb.
- Not Lactating
- Did not conceive
- Lactating (lamb at foot)
- Lactating but lost its lamb at birth or soon after
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DAMARA
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SUFFOLK
13
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What are some of the factors influencing price of wool?
4pts
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- Preparation of the clip in the shed
- Micron (Fibre diameter)
- Vegetable Matter (grass seeds, burrs, shive, etc)
- Staple Strength (tender wool is discounted)
14
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White SUFFOLK
Same as Suffolk only with a white head!
- meat
- white head and legs
- polled
- clean face, crutch and points
14
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WILTSHIRE HORN
- horns on rams and ewes
- sheds fleece
- meat
- black nose
14
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Dorset Horn
15
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DORSET HORN RAM
- short wool
- horns
- meat
- fleece very white, strong, close and free of dark fibre
15
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Merino
16
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MERINO
- wool
- can be used as meat sheep too
poll or horns
- wooly legs
- pink nose
- pink ears
- bare nose - wooly forehead