Jan 31, 2012
Following up on yesterday's post, here you see the matched pair ... mother ewe and her lamb ... both side-branded with paint numbers so that identification is easier once they get to the open rangeland fields.
The breed of sheep is a rather small version of Targhee, or what some refer to as "Western White-faced Targhee". The smaller stature animals more efficiently graze the steep terrain common on the UC Hopland Research & Extension Center... thus turning forage into wool and meat.
