Goats + Sheep

Goat Digestive System

Rumiant

Goat Reproduction system

Polyestrious breeds

Gestation: 153 days

Edible products: Chevon

Goat population World

650 million

CHina, India, Pakistan

Goat population US

3.1 million

TX, CA, TN

Meat Goat

Boer Goat: White with brown head from South Africa

Kiko - Bred in New Zealand

Milk Goat

Better milk producers per body size than cattle

Nubian - high butterfat milk, vocal personalities

Lamancha - High milk production, high butterfat milk, people loving

Hair Goat

Angora - Turkish breed known for producing mohair

Cashmere - Known for fine, soft, downy winter undercoat

Myotonic Goat

Tennesee Fainting goat

Sheep Digestive system

Ruminant

Sheep reproduction system

Seasonal breeders (short day)

Gestation: 147 days

Sheep edible products

Lamb + Mutton

What are the four types of sheep breeds

Meat/Meduim wool

Long Wool

Fine Wool

Hair

Meat or Medium wool sheep

Dual purpose: Meat + Wool (Mainly Meat)

Predominant in the US

Includes: Dorset, Suffolk, Hampshire

Long Wool sheep

Longer and coarseer wool

Contains less lanolin for cleaner fiber

Less popular

Includes: Lincoln, Romney

Fine Wool sheep

Smallest Fiber Diameter

Most valuable in commercial marketplace

Hardy and Long lived

Includes: Merino, Rambouillet

Hair sheep

10% of worlds sheep population

Includes: Karahdin, St. Croix

Sheep population World

1.2 Billion

China, Argentina

Sheep population US

5.7 million

TX, CA, CO

Top 5 sheeps

Suffolk - 18,400

Dorset - 11,600

Hampshire - 10,100

Southdown - 5,000

Rambouillet - 3,700