Sheep and Goat Quiz
Predators
According to our book 40% of all sheep losses are due to what?
Dual purpose breed
Both meat and wool
Nanny or doe
Female goat
Lock mother up Rub placenta on baby Skin the hide off lamb
How did Mr. Wise explain that a lamb is adopted onto another ewe?
Band it off Heated knife and cut it
How is a lamb's tail docked?
145-150 days
How long is the gestation period of a sheep
2
How many teats does a ewe have?
5 times in 3 years
How many times does a goat kid in a star system?
Goats
What animal other than a sheep are lambs grafted onto?
Donkeys Llamas Dogs
What animals are used to protect sheep in the wild?
Pygmy Fainting
What are 2 novelty breeds of goats?
Neubian LaMancha Alpine
What are 3 breeds of dairy goats?
Roughage
What type of food do sheep eat?
Copper
What type of metal are sheep deathly allergic to?
Prolapse
When a ewe pushes her uterus out of her body at lambing this is called what?
Easter
What event is the most popular holiday for the consumption of lamb?
Dorset
What is a popular white faced breed in the U.S. that can be horned or polled?
3 lamb crops in 5 years
What is accelerated lambing?
Wool blindness
What is it called when the wool covers the eyes of a sheep and it cannot see?
Lambing
What is the act of giving birth called in sheep?
Lost teeth
What is the main reason they sell sheep?
Australia and New Zealand
What two countries produce the most sheep in the world?
4-6 years
Around what age do producers get rid of old ewes and rams?
Kid
Baby goat
Wether
Castrated male sheep and goat
Fall
During what time of the year do sheep come into heat?
200%
If a ewe has 4 lambs in 2 years then what is her lambing percentage?
4-5
In terms of number of offspring at birth what is the least common in goats?
2-3
In terms of number, offspring at birth what is the most common?
Baby sheep
Lamb
60-90 days
Lambs and goats are commonly weaned early at what age?
Billy or buck
Male goat
Ewe
Mature female sheep
Ram or buck
Mature male sheep
Teeth
On the dirty jobs episode Mike Rowe removed the testicles with his what?
Ruminent
Sheep and goats have what type of digestive system?
Grafting
Take lamb onto a ewe that is not it's mother
Crimp
The tightness of wool is referred to as what?
Meat type breed
Used for meat only (black fleece sheep)
Wool type breed
Used for wool production only (white fleece sheep)
Purebred and Commercial
What are the two types of producers of sheep in the US according to Mr. Wise?
Clamping, cutting, or banding
What are three methods of castration in sheep?
Jacob
What breed has colored wool and has 2, 4, or 6 horns?
Cheviot
What breed is resistant to cold windy conditions and is very small in stature?
Colombia
What breed was developed by the U.S. department of agriculture?
Boer
What is the most common breed of meat goats?
Merino
What is the most popular breed in Australia?
Suffolk
What is the most popular breed in the U.S. and has a very large frame and is used for meat?
Oxford
What is the second largest sheep breed in the world, wool cap, black faced, and bridge over nose?
10-15 pounds
What is the weight of the average baby lamb?
Marking harness
What is used to identify if a ram has bred a ewe?
2
When lambing how many offspring does the producer prefer?
You can dye it
Why is white wool preferred in wool production?
