OVINE

• Of, relating to, or resembling a sheep

RAM

• An uncastrated male sheep used for reproduction

WETHER

• A male sheep that has been castrated

EWE

• An adult female sheep that has given birth

EWE LAMB

• A young female sheep that has not given birth

LAMB

• Newborn sheep

LAMBING

• The process of giving birth to new lambs

FLOCK

• A group of sheep is called a flock

• Hampshire

• Suffolk

• Columbia

• Dorset

• Sheep by-products are used daily in ways you wouldn’t imagine!

• From the hide and wool of a sheep, you can make fabrics and luggage

• Wool is comparatively stronger than steel

• Wool is fire resistant

• Wool can absorb up to 30% of its weight in moisture

• You can make chewing gum and paints from the fatty acids

• The intestines of a sheep can be used to make surgical sutures and tennis racket strings!

• To make 1 tennis racket, small intestines from 11 sheep are needed

• Over 47 different breeds of sheep can be found in the US