Intro to Sheep and Goats

Mutton

Meat from a sheep of either sex one year old or more

Wool

Soft coat of sheep

Chamois

Flexible leather

Mohair

Taken from angora goats and is used to make a wooly fabric

Lamb

Young sheep less than one year of age

Kid

Young goat less than one year of age

Ewe

Mature female sheep

Doe

Mature female goat

Ram

Male sheep primarily used for breeding

Buck

Male goat at any age

Yearling

Either a male or female shape or goat at least one year of age but less than two years of age

Wether

Male sheep or goat castrated when it was young

Lambing

Process of giving birth for sheep

Kidding

Process of giving birth for goats

Horn butt

Located on the top of the goats head and is the dull remainder of the animal's horns

Withers

Located at the tip of the shoulders of both sheep and goats

Dock

The rump or the tail setting on the animal

Hock

The knee portion of the back leg that connects the upper leg to the foot region

Pastern

Between the hoof and the dewclaw or fetlock