Sheep Breeds
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~Dorset Down~
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~Bluefaced
Leicester~
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~Border
Leicester~
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~Colbred~
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~Clun
Forest~
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~Dartmoor~
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~North Country
Cheviot~
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~Leicester
Longwool~
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~Lincoln
Longwool~
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~Lonk~
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~Dorset Horn~
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~Scottish
Blackface~
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~Ryeland~
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~Romney~
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~Exmoor
Horn~
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Definitions: Ewe: Adult female. Crone: Old ewe. Gimmer: A female sheep that has been weaned but not yet sheared. i.e. about 6 months to 15 months old. Hogget: Sheep for fattening in the year after it's birth. Lamb: Young sheep, under 6 months old. Ram: Uncastrated adult male. Yearling: Young sheep between it's first and second shearing. Teg: Female over 1yr old, selected for breeding. Tup: Uncastrated male, also known as ram. Wether: A castrated male sheep. |
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~Devon
Closewool~
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~Hampshire
Down~
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~Herdwick~
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~Black
Welsh~
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~Rough Fell~
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~Kerry
Hill~
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~Jacob~
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~Hill
Randor~
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~St.Kilda~
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~Suffolk~
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~Oxford Down~
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~Shropshire~
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~Soay~
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~Teeswater~
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~Welsh
Mountain~
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~Wensleydale~
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~Whiteface
Dartmoor~
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~Wiltshire
Horn~
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~Cotswold~
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~Derbyshire
Gritstone~
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~Devon and
Cornwall~
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~Swaledale~
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~South
Down~
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