Are you looking for the perfect sheep book to add to your library? You’re in luck! This page is a list of our favorite books about sheep, divided into 4 popular categories.
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The Braided Poly Sheep Halter is a great tool to have around the farm. Useful for halter training lambs and for restraining adult sheep while you trim their hooves or administer deworming medication, these halters are also attractive enough to use in the show ring, and in this review of the braided poly sheep halter
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Shetland history shows that this particular breed has been around for more than a thousand years and is a descendant of the Northern European Short-Tail. Other Northern European Short-tail sheep breeds include the Romanovs, Finn and Icelandic sheep. The modern Shetland sheep breed is unique due to its wide variety of naturally occurring coloration –
The Cotswold sheep breed is a large, muscular breed of sheep raised primarily for their wool. Cotswold fleece is long, thick, and curly and the Cotswold breed can usually be recognized by the thick clump of wool on its forehead. Cotswold sheep typically have woolly legs.
If you’re raising and showing club lambs you understand the importance of a great show blanket which will keep your lambs clean and keep their hide tight and ready for the show ring. These low-cost, high-quality lamb tubes for show lambs are a great option for smaller lambs. These club lamb blankets come in a
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If you are raising sheep to show at your local or regional fair, part of the process (unless you’re raising a wool breed) is washing sheep. Washing sheep for showing can be a fun learning experience for kids, and an excellent opportunity to bond with your little ones as you get ready to take your
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The Lincoln sheep breed is one of the largest breeds in the world. This breed also has the longest, shiniest and thickest fleece in the world. Lincolns originated on England’s East Coast, developed on the border of Lincolnshire County and the North Sea. In 1825 the Lincoln breed was introduced to the United States, where
The Polypay sheep breed is a breed that was created by the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in the 1970’s in Nicholas Farms in Sonoma, California, and Dubois, Idaho. The Polypay sheep breed was the product of combining the Dorset, Targhee, Finnsheep and Rambouillet sheep breeds to produce a versatile and productive breed of sheep.
The California Red sheep breed is originally from the University of California after combining the Barbados Blackbelly and Tunis breeds. Unlike the other hair breeds, the California Red does produce wool in addition to its red hair growth.
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White muscle disease in sheep (also referred to as WMD or stiff lamb disease) is a degenerative muscle disease which is common in all large animals. It is most commonly observed in newborn lambs who have difficulty moving and is caused by a deficiency in Vitamin E or Selenium. If left untreated it can be
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