Showmanship Questions By: Lyndsey Keller During sheep showmanship, some judges will ask exhibitors questions pertaining to sheep. The exhibitor should know the answers to these questions in advance to showmanship if he/she plans on doing well in the ring. Keep in mind that some judges ask a lot of questions, some ask a few, and some don't ask any at all. The amount of questions asked all depends on the individual judge. The following is a list of some questions that are often asked. 1) Which state has the most sheep? 2) Which state has the most flocks of sheep? 3) What is the current national market price of lamb? 4) When was your lamb born? 5) Is your lamb a ewe or a wether? 6) How much does your lamb weigh? 7) How old is your lamb? 8) What kind of feed do you use? 9) How much feed do you use? 10) What type of exercise program is your lamb on? 11) What is the fat percentage in your lamb's feed? 12) What would you change about your lamb? 13) What is the best feature of your lamb? 14) Where is the (name of body part) on your lamb? 15) What percentage of back fat do you think your lamb has on it at this time? 16) What is the average percentage of back fat on a lean lamb? 17) How many wool fibers are there per square inch? 18) When will your animal be sexually mature? 19) What breed is your lamb? 20) How many parts are there to the stomach? 21) What are the parts of the stomach? 22) Name examples of meat breeds. 23) Name examples of wool breeds. 24) What is the original meat breed? 25) What is the original wool breed? 26) How long is the gestation period for a ewe? 27) What is the carcass yield percentage? 28) How many pounds of feed must be fed for one pound of weight gained? 29) What is a lamb's normal body temperature? 30) How many teeth does a lamb have? A sheep? 31) Where would you give your lamb a shot? 32) What do you think is the best lamb in the class and why? 33) What cut of meat would come from where I'm touching your lamb right now? 34) What vaccinations has your lamb had? 35) What is the normal respiration rate of a sheep? 36) What is a safe copper level for sheep? 37) What is your lamb's name? 38) How many sets of incisors (milk teeth) are lambs born with? 39) Can you name a sheep by-product? 40) What is the average weight of a (specific lamb breed)? 41) What do you worm with? 42) How often do you trim your lamb's hooves? 43) What is the adverage amount of back fat on a lamb? 44) Name an example of a dual-purpose breed. 45) What is the average daily rate of gain for a market lamb? 46) Where did your lamb originate from? 47) What is lanolin? 48) What is an example of a dairy breed of sheep? 49) Who was your lamb's breeder? 50) How often do you need to worm your sheep? 51) What is the amount of crude protein in your feed? 52) What is crude protein? 53) What is the most expensive cut of meat and what is its diameter? 54) How is the yeild grade determined? 55) What is the most important nutrient sheep need? 56) Who are the officers of your lamb breed's association? 57) What are the rations of feeds you feed your lamb? 58) How many glands does and sheep have and where are they located? 59) How much do you work your lamb daily? 60) What is the average thickness of a lamb's loin? 61) What is the average milking policy for a lamb ? 62) What does worsted and woollen mean? 63) What are some concerns for the sheep industry? 64) Which sheep breed is the most popular? Why? 65) What is the purpose of scrapie tags? 66) How would you get a belly off of a market lamb? 67) In what month are most lambs born? Do you know of some more lamb showmanship questions that might possibly be asked in the showring? If so, submit them below and they will be added to the above list. |
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Showmanship Questions By: Lyndsey Keller During sheep showmanship, some judges will ask exhibitors questions pertaining to sheep. The exhibitor should know the answers to these questions in advance to showmanship if he/she plans on doing well in the ring. Keep in mind that some judges ask a lot of questions, some ask a few, and some don't ask any at all. The amount of questions asked all depends on the individual judge. The following is a list of some questions that are often asked. 1) Which state has the most sheep? 2) Which state has the most flocks of sheep? 3) What is the current national market price of lamb? 4) When was your lamb born? 5) Is your lamb a ewe or a wether? 6) How much does your lamb weigh? 7) How old is your lamb? 8) What kind of feed do you use? 9) How much feed do you use? 10) What type of exercise program is your lamb on? 11) What is the fat percentage in your lamb's feed? 12) What would you change about your lamb? 13) What is the best feature of your lamb? 14) Where is the (name of body part) on your lamb? 15) What percentage of back fat do you think your lamb has on it at this time? 16) What is the average percentage of back fat on a lean lamb? 17) How many wool fibers are there per square inch? 18) When will your animal be sexually mature? 19) What breed is your lamb? 20) How many parts are there to the stomach? 21) What are the parts of the stomach? 22) Name examples of meat breeds. 23) Name examples of wool breeds. 24) What is the original meat breed? 25) What is the original wool breed? 26) How long is the gestation period for a ewe? 27) What is the carcass yield percentage? 28) How many pounds of feed must be fed for one pound of weight gained? 29) What is a lamb's normal body temperature? 30) How many teeth does a lamb have? A sheep? 31) Where would you give your lamb a shot? 32) What do you think is the best lamb in the class and why? 33) What cut of meat would come from where I'm touching your lamb right now? 34) What vaccinations has your lamb had? 35) What is the normal respiration rate of a sheep? 36) What is a safe copper level for sheep? 37) What is your lamb's name? 38) How many sets of incisors (milk teeth) are lambs born with? 39) Can you name a sheep by-product? 40) What is the average weight of a (specific lamb breed)? 41) What do you worm with? 42) How often do you trim your lamb's hooves? 43) What is the adverage amount of back fat on a lamb? 44) Name an example of a dual-purpose breed. 45) What is the average daily rate of gain for a market lamb? 46) Where did your lamb originate from? 47) What is lanolin? 48) What is an example of a dairy breed of sheep? 49) Who was your lamb's breeder? 50) How often do you need to worm your sheep? 51) What is the amount of crude protein in your feed? 52) What is crude protein? 53) What is the most expensive cut of meat and what is its diameter? 54) How is the yeild grade determined? 55) What is the most important nutrient sheep need? 56) Who are the officers of your lamb breed's association? 57) What are the rations of feeds you feed your lamb? 58) How many glands does and sheep have and where are they located? 59) How much do you work your lamb daily? 60) What is the average thickness of a lamb's loin? 61) What is the average milking policy for a lamb ? 62) What does worsted and woollen mean? 63) What are some concerns for the sheep industry? 64) Which sheep breed is the most popular? Why? 65) What is the purpose of scrapie tags? 66) How would you get a belly off of a market lamb? 67) In what month are most lambs born? Do you know of some more lamb showmanship questions that might possibly be asked in the showring? If so, submit them below and they will be added to the above list. |
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