write a short note on food habits of sheep
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For the most part sheep eat grass, clover (and other legumes), forbs and other pasture plants native to the area they live in. Legumes like red clover (pictured to the left), vetch and alfalfa offer an incredibly high nutritional value and are one of the best foods for sheep. If you're able to grow these plants in your pasture then you certainly should, but be careful about overgrazing as this will destroy the roots and eradicate these valuable plants.
Sheep tend to love to consume forbs (broad leaf plants other than grass) and if there is ample food available in their pasture they'll generally skip the grass in favor of these rugged, leafy plants. In general sheep tend to be picky eaters - preferring leafy plants to plants which have fibrous stalks - but a sheep adapt to their environment well and will eat nearly anything with nutritional value. Compared to cattle, sheep are more picky grazers and you can count on them to select the most nutritious pasture growth first.
Sheep tend to love to consume forbs (broad leaf plants other than grass) and if there is ample food available in their pasture they'll generally skip the grass in favor of these rugged, leafy plants. In general sheep tend to be picky eaters - preferring leafy plants to plants which have fibrous stalks - but a sheep adapt to their environment well and will eat nearly anything with nutritional value. Compared to cattle, sheep are more picky grazers and you can count on them to select the most nutritious pasture growth first.
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