Livestock Skillathon Quiz Sheep and Goat Breeds

Small sized meat breed noted for its hardiness from Scotland

• Cheviot

• Columbia

• Corriedale

• Dorper

Large frame US breed, developed from Lincolns and Rambouillets

• COLUMBIA

• DORPER

• DORSET

• HAMPSHIRE

Large frame wool breed developed from crossing Lincoln or Leicester rams on Merino ewes

• CORRIEDALE

• LINCOLN

• MERINO

• MONTADALE

Primarily a mutton sheep, this breed was developed in South Africa and is one of the most fertile of sheep breeds.

• DORPER

• DORSET

• FINNSHEEP

• MERINO

English, white face, meat breed known for out of season breeding

• COLUMBIA

• DORSET

• OXFORD

• SUFFOLK

Lighter muscled breed from Finland noted for being prolific

• FINNSHEEP

• HAMPSHIRE

• DORPER

• RAMBOUILLET

Large framed, English, meat breed with black face and wool cap

• HAMPSHIRE

• DORSET

• SUFFOLK

• COLUMBIA

A hair sheep breed developed in the United States.

• KATAHDIN

• DORPER

• FINNSHEEP

• CHEVIOT

Although not a popular breed in the US, this breed is unique because the fleece of is carried in heavy locks that are often twisted into a spiral near the end

• LINCOLN

• MONTADALE

• TUNIS

• SOUTHDOWN

Breed developed from Columbia and Cheviot cross noted for high quality carcasses and excellent wool

• MONTADALE

• MERINO

• SOUTHDOWN

• SUFFOLK