COAT OF MANY COLORS: Jacob sheep have finer coats than many primitive sheep breeds, making them an ideal choice for farmers looking for a hardy, easy-to-keep fiber animal. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth ...

Chip is SVF's official mascot and is a rare Tennessee Myotonic (fainting) goat born from a frozen embryo. Courtesy SVF Lead herdsman Nick Bowley during a previous Visitors Day sheep shearing ...

Only one ram lamb had been born as of Saturday morning, but in the days to come, the herd at Vorac Suffolk near Jefferson was expected to swell in numbers. Peter Vorac and his adult daughter Kelly ...

EDMORE, N.D. — A longing for Lance Myrvik’s children and wife to experience the life he’d left behind brought them back to the family farm. A growing herd of Katahdin sheep is helping the five of them ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — Today is Earth Day, ...

A breed is a group of domestic animals with a uniform appearance, behavior, and other characteristics that distinguish it from other animals of the same species. Sheep fall into four broad categories: ...

FERRUM, Va. (WDBJ) - Despite what many think, Lazy Pigg Farm in Franklin County doesn’t even have pigs. “About three-quarters of our property line is Pigg River, so we call it The Lazy Pigg,” ...

Few things delight small children as animals do: farm animals, wild animals, birds, insects, tide pool denizens. That’s why the Little Farm, adjacent to the Tilden Park Nature Area in the hills above ...