Breeding sheep can be risky and expensive, with less opportunity for profit than just raising a market lamb. Most of the sheep at the 4-H Farm that have needed the care of a veterinarian have been either pregnant or lactating ewes. Only once during the last decade has one of our lambs needed veterinary care. People who are not familiar with livestock often confuse sheep and goats . Sheep have fleece, goats have hair.
Sheep say baa goats say maa .
Seriously, their voices are different. Sheep are stupid, goats are smart. We like sheep, but would never bet money on a lamb trying to find its way out of a maze. As far as survival skills go, though, sheep must be as smart as many other species. They have survived in the wild for hundreds of years all over the world.