A Brief History

Sheep may be either wild or domesticated; the domesticated varieties are the most widely distributed kind of domestic animal, found in nearly all countries. Sheep were probably domesticated about 11,000 years ago in what is now northern Iraq.

Watch the following videos in the Sheep Story

• Ewes and Rams – male sheep
• Bringing sheep in for lambing
• Lambing
• Weaning Sheep
• Weighing Lambs
• Shearing Sheep
• Processing wool