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Katahdin sheep

Katahdin sheep
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The Katahdin is a modern American breed of sheep. It is an easy-care sheep: it grows a hair coat with little wool which moults naturally in the spring, and so does not need to be shorn. It is reared for meat only. It was developed by a breeder named Michael Piel in Maine, and is named for Mount Katahdin in that state. From about 1957 he cross-bred a small number of African Hair Sheep from the Virgin Islands with various meat breeds, principally the Suffolk.

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Cattle and Sheep Breeds You Can Recognize From the Roadside
Cattle and Sheep Breeds You Can Recognize From the Roadside
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Start with a cow’s markings. If it has horns, look to see if they spread sideways or curl down. On a sheep, the wool may stop abruptly at a dark face or grow all the way over its forehead. Those...
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