well, yes. in The Bible, sheep are viewed as the great crowd: the good number of people that will be saved when armageddon comes. the goats, however, are viewed as unclean, not worthy of sacrifice, and represent the bad people on the earth.
Goats were less useful because their meat is less tender and you can't get wool from goats.
The Mongolian pastoral nomads relied on sheep more than goats for survival, but goats were important too. They depended on them for food as well as their hides and skin. They favored sheep because they were easier to care for than goats.
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Sheep and goats mostly eat grass, clover, forbs, and other pasture plants. They can eat zoysia grass. Goats eat more than sheep.
There are a few key differences between sheep and pigs. For instance, pigs are much smarter than sheep. They also consume a lot more food. Also, there are physical differences like weight and style of tail.
No, goats are caprine. It is a different classification than sheep.
Goats are lighter in mass than sheep.
It depends on you but for me sheeps are better then goats
No, sheep and goats should not have the same kind of wormer unless specified it is for both animals. Goats need a higher concentration of wormer than sheep.
Make a simple assumption that Joseph has 100 goats, therefore he has 155 sheep. In a ratio this is 155/100 or 31/20, therefore a ratio of 31 sheep to 20 goats.
It will depend what you are looking to produce, sheep are known for their fleece production. Goats are generally heavier milkers than sheep are.
There are several reasons why shepherds separate sheep and goats. One reason is that the two have different grazing habits and if they were not separated, there would not be enough left for the goats. Another reason is that goats are more difficult than sheep and this would present a problem as shearing time. Thirdly, there is something in the bible about not wearing garments of mixed thread. Therefore, you would want to keep their fur separate during shearing.
Goats are related to sheep for obvious reasons such as hoofs and horns, tails and fur (wool) but some think they are related to deer (more than they are to sheep) because deer have the same tail and they grow horns and they also have hooves while sheep have wool and deer have fur but goats don't have wool they have fur. Goats could also be related to horses through the hooves gene but that would be a short scientific reason why. We all originate from something!