Sheep & Goat Breeds

• From Turkey

• Produces mohair

• Needs to be sheared twice a year

• Over 90% of the nation’s Angora goats live in Texas (mostly the Edward’s Plateau)

• The most valuable hair is produced by the kid goats and as the goat gets older the hair gets coarser

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• From the United States

• Cross of Lincoln rams and Rambouillet ewes

• Largest of crossbred breeds

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• From England

• Can be horned or polled

• Medium-size breed

• Known for ability to breed out of season

• White face

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• From Finland

• Incredible prolificacy 

• Great milking ability, lambing and maternal instincts

• Slow growing

• Poor fleeces

• Require intense management

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• From England

• Sire breed 

• Known for rapid growth and muscularity

• Face, ears, and legs are dark brown to black 

• Has a wool cap 

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• From United States

• Relatively new breed

• Lack of ears 

• Can be any color

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• From England

• Large, coarse, heavy fleeced sheep

• Slow maturing

• Heaviest breed in the world

• Face, ears, and legs are covered with wool

• White face and polled

• Largest bodied

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• From Spain

• Most dominant breed 

• very fine fleeces

• smaller than the other wool breeds and are slower growing

• very hardy, long lived

• excellent flocking instinct

• white face

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• From Africa

• Most popular registered dairy goat in the U.S.

• Highest butterfat milk than any other dairy breed

• Very long droopy ears and a Roman nose

• Any color is accepted with black and white, and red and white being the most common

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• From France

• Come from the Merino but are larger and faster growing

• Dominant range ewe in the western U.S. and Texas

• White face

• Dual-purpose: excellent fine wool and good carcass traits

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