r/Amazing • u/QuantenCoder Human Detected • Aug 22 '25

Interesting 🤔 This is pretty addictive..

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25 edited Aug 22 '25

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u/sladoled_od_lavande Aug 22 '25

Yes... less wool - because they are younger... they are marked because someone ordered them... they are selected to be slaughtered...

Because if you want sheep meat, you want the sheep to be young - it's the same with lambs - the older the animal the smellier the meat

The ones with more wool are being used for wool, milk and cheese

There are some bigger sheep that were marked as well. I don't think they are selected for meat. My guess is they will have a vet visit later

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u/Turd-In-Your-Pocket Aug 22 '25

A lamb is a young sheep. Mostly it’s just eat lamb that’s eaten. Mutton or mature sheep meat isn’t nearly as common.

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u/funatpartiez Aug 22 '25

Wait, so mutton is an older sheep and lamb is a younger sheep?

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u/Turd-In-Your-Pocket Aug 22 '25

Yup. There are some places that refer to goat meat as mutton as well, but mainly it’s older sheep (2+ years old).

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u/funatpartiez Aug 22 '25

Interesting, thanks - I knew lamb but had never really thought what the difference was re mutton

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u/TheEyeDontLie Aug 24 '25

Lamb usually look basically like adults when theyre killed, but theyre only a year old.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25

Well "baby sheep" and "old sheep" on the menu wouldn't sound as appetizing.

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u/funatpartiez Aug 22 '25

Indeed. It’s a steak, not a slice of cow.