- Breed Name: Sheeps
- Scientific name: Ovis aries
- Family: Bovidae
- Lifespan: 10 – 12 years
- Mass:
- Male: 45 – 160 kg (Large Adult)
- Female: 45 – 100 kg (Large Adult)
- Domestic sheep are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept
as livestock
- Dry and cold weather are very suitable for sheep farming
- Their skin and fur is very valuable.
- Sheep are not highly milk productive like goat.
- Breeds of Sheep. About 200 sheep breeds exist around the globe. Sheep breeds are of three types according to their production which are described below
- Meat Productive Sheep Breeds:11 Best Sheep Breeds for Meat Production include.
- Suffolk
- Texel
- Dorper
- Southdown
- Border Leicester
- Corriedale
- Barbados Black Belly
- Shetland
- Teeswater
- North Country Cheviot
- Wiltshire Horn
- Hair Productive Sheep Breeds:Merino, Rambouillet etc. are hair productive sheep breeds.
- Hair & Meat Productive Sheep Breeds:Cordially, Montadale, Kooka etc are famous for both hair and meat production
- Reproduction Facts:
- Gestation period: 152 days
- One ram can service 30 to 35 ewes during a 60 day breeding season
Hello,
I want to start Sheep & turkey business in Gilgit Pakistan so can you please give me price for fifty sheeps and fifty Turkey with age details.