Virtual Sheep Farm Tour

What does it mean to "lamb"?

• to produce milk

• to produce wool

• to have a baby lamb

• to produce meat

What is weaning?

• to remove the baby lambs from the ewe so they cannot drink milk

• to remove the wool from the sheep

• to remove the testicles from a male sheep

• to remove the tail from a sheep

Check the box of the animals that are separated in the feeder barn on the farm.

• Ewes and baby lambs

• Ewe lambs and ram lambs

• Boars and ewes

• Ewes and stallions

On this farm, how do they dispose of dead sheep?

• incineration

• composting

• rendering

• burial

What are the pens called that hold the mama sheep (ewes) and the baby lambs?

• Lambing jugs

• Farrowing crates

• Lagoons

• squeeze chutes

What is the purpose of creep feed?

• to get baby lambs used to eating grain before they are weaned

• to get ewes used to eating hay

• to get rams used to drinking water

• to get the farmer to feed the animals more slowly

In ewes, what does it mean to "dry up"?

• to stop making milk

• to stop making wool

• to get skinny

• to stop making meat

What is the compost used for each year?

• fertilizer on fields

• feed for the sheep

• mud baths to make the wool grow faster

• to keep the sheep warm

What is the primary feed on this farm?

• Alfalfa

• Corn

• Barley

• Crabgrass

What does this farm raise?

• Alpacas

• Sheep

• Goats

• Llamas