How can sheep be divided into male and female?

Rams often have large spiral horns, while ewes have no horns or small horns. Most sheep males have large spiral horns, while females have no horns or only tiny horns; Most goats have horns, both male and female, and rams have extremely developed horns.

Sheep have plump bodies, thick fur and short heads. Rams often have large spiral angles, which have a deterrent effect, while ewes have no or small angles. There is a lacrimal fossa on the skull, and the nasal bone is prominent. All four hooves have toe glands. This ram is out of gas. The weight varies from 10 kg to 100 kg.

The structure and habit of sheep are suitable for grazing because of its various characteristics; The tip of the mouth and thin and elastic lips are conducive to eating short grass and thick straw and branches; Strong digestion ability; Some species can accumulate fat around the tail, buttocks and internal organs for food when the green feed is insufficient in winter and spring.

Extended data

Sheep can be divided into wool, meat, milk, wool and lamb skin according to economic types.

I. Wool varieties

For example, fine-wool sheep, the main product is more than 60-80 fine hairs (25- 14 micron). The ancestors of all fine-wool sheep in the world can be traced back to Spanish Merino sheep.

Second, meat varieties.

Most of them are highly specialized varieties with specific production directions. Mutton sheep requires large physique, early maturity, rapid growth and development, full muscle, high lean meat rate and high lambing rate.

Third, milk varieties

The main product produced is goat milk. At present, there is no special dairy sheep breed in China.

Four, fur varieties

To produce high-quality fur as the main products, such as Tan sheep, Guizhou black fur sheep and Minxian black fur sheep. The fur peeled off after the lamb is slaughtered about a month after birth is two hairs.

Five, lamb skin varieties

To produce high-quality lamb skin as the main products, such as Hu sheep and China Karakul sheep. Lamb skin is the skin of lambs slaughtered 1-3 days after birth.