- Katahdin hair sheep shedding- early may
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The best shape for grazing? rectangular! Show animals are high on leg and tubular in body- but long legs just mean long necks (or they can’t reach the forages). There are a lot of articles, and Gerald Fry has made a name for himself studying the efficiencies of grazing animals. It turns out- the “folk art” pictures had it right- large rectangular bodies, short legs, short necks.
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