Sheep Facts

• People started raising sheep over ten thousand years ago.
• Spinning wool into thread began about 5,000 years ago.
• One pound of wool can make ten miles of yarn.
• Sheep prefer running water when they drink
• When Woodrow Wilson was President, the First Lady had sheep graze on the White House lawn to keep it neat and well trimmed.
• President James Madison wore an inaugural jacket made from the wool of sheep raised on his Virginia farm.
• If you see a sheep on its back, lend a hand! A sheep can’t get up from that position. If left on its back too long, it will eventually die.
• Ewes typically give birth to twins.
• Sheep grow two teeth a year until they have eight.
• Sheep only have lower teeth that press against an upper palette
• A one-year old sheep is called a hogget
• A two-year old sheep is called a two-tooth.