Their legs are wobbly at first, but after four or five days, they are ready to go with their mothers back to the band. Yearling rams explore new places and wander between the ram herds and the bands of ewes and lambs. All summer, lambs grow rapidly. By September the lambs are about 5 months old and weigh 40 to 49 pounds. During the first year, lambs learn to climb and to move quickly over steep, rocky ground.
Lambs run, jump and butt heads.
They hardly ever lose their footing. During the summer, wild sheep graze juicy grasses and other plants. These are places in the soil and rocks where minerals occur naturally. Sheep lick these minerals, which keep them healthy. As the summer goes on, young lambs keep learning from their mothers where to graze, where to bed down, and which animals are dangerous.