Shaun the Sheep - The Official Site. Sheep. This page discusses all aspects of raising sheep and lambs, including diet, breeding, and preparing for shows. We hope to provide sheep information to help with sheep raising, sheep care, and breeding sheep. We raised Suffolk sheep, but there really aren't major differences between breeds. The females are ewes and they tend to weigh less than the males, called rams. Primarily the ewes are the only sheep kept on our farm all year long, as most of the lambs are sold at an auction.
Males who are not castrated and turned into wethers are often too smelly to keep and other establishments are better equiped to handle them. Most of the 4-H members who use our Farm want to raise sheep as market animals. Why raising Sheep is fun Your lamb will recognize you and know it's feeding time when he/she sees you. Walking a lamb every day after school can be relaxing. Keeping yourself dry while washing a lamb is impossible. Wet sheep smell like wet wool. Shearing a lamb in front of an audience is fun. A. B. C. Sheep Breeds. Sheep 101 Home Page. Redirect Notice.