An adult female sheep is called an ewe, while an adult male sheep is called a ram.
Due to their small size, lambs often look a lot like adult goats. However, lambs typically have curly, textured fur while a goat’s fur is smooth and fine.
Sheep finish growing their full set of 8 adult teeth around 3 to 4 years old.
Sheep’s friendly natures makes them great to raise on your own. Decide if you want sheep for their wool, milk, or meat and choose a suitable breed. Then, make sure you have about 1 acre (4,000 square m) of land for every 5 sheep.
Sheep are herbivores, meaning they only eat plants.
In some species of sheep, like the dall sheep, both rams and ewes grow horns. In other breeds, only the male has horns. In most domesticated breeds, both rams and ewes don’t have horns.
If you see lamb at the grocery store called “Spring lamb,” this means the lamb was slaughtered at 3 months old. Their meat is even more tender and subtle. Because it’s so tender, it usually takes less time to cook lamb than mutton. If you don’t love the gamey flavor of mutton, it’s easy to season it with delicious spices like paprika, cayenne pepper, ginger, and garlic. It also comes out super tender when you cook it low and slow.
