I know from watching cowboy shows that a herd of cows can be huge. Is this also true for herds of sheep?
2006-12-13 10:51:16 · 5 answers · asked by Mack T 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The size of the herd of sheep is limited only by the size of the pastureland owned by the shepherd... ;-)
2006-12-13 10:53:19 · answer #1 · answered by computerguy103 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi. Sheep come in flocks, usually, and herd is used less frequently (as are mobs).. So there is no maximum. Texas had a population of 11 million in the 1940s so if you gathered them all up, that would be a good guess.
2006-12-13 18:53:32 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flocks of sheep can be in the thousands. Sheep owners will buy a marker sheep (black one) for every 100 white sheep. That way they can tell how many sheep they have just by counting the black ones. That is, of course, assuming none of them got eaten by wolves or coyotes. So, it they have 10 black sheep, they have 1,000 white ones.
Also, most ranchers use the open range for feeding, so they are not limited on the size of their flock.
2006-12-13 18:59:58 · answer #3 · answered by FireBug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no limit to the nuber of sheep in a flock and for the black marker sheep thats a crock of sheep dip
2006-12-14 21:07:53 · answer #4 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk
2006-12-13 18:58:14 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋