What is the difference between fattening sheep and free-range sheep?

Today, a colleague sitting next to me was writing something and suddenly asked me a question: "Can you tell me the difference between fattening sheep and free-range sheep?"

"Who is asking this question?"

"I, I don't know, I saw someone asking it on Wukong's headlines."

"Well, let me ask you first, Do you know the difference between laying hens and broiler chickens?"

My colleague's eyes lit up and he immediately replied to me: "I know this, one is mainly used to lay eggs, and the other is mainly used to be eaten. Slaughter it! Oh, I understand, it means that fattening sheep are mainly used for slaughtering and eating, right? Haha, how can I be so smart!

Even if I gave him 10,000 disgusted looks, I could no longer stop my colleague from immersing himself in narcissism for a second.

I believe many people here have the same blind spots as my colleagues. Even some people who have been engaged in agriculture for a short time have not figured out what is a "fattening sheep" and what is a "free-range sheep".

From a conceptual point of view, in fact, the concept itself, "fatting sheep" and "free-range sheep" are not a set of opposite words. Fattening sheep refers to the way of raising sheep for the purpose of meat, and free-range sheep Sheep farming refers to the method of raising sheep mainly by free range.

This means that fattening is a purpose, and the method can be free-range or captive. These two methods are relative. Therefore, people in the know should be familiar with the two concepts of free-range fattening sheep and pen-raising fattening sheep.

So what is the purpose of raising sheep relative to "fattening"?

Let me tell you here that it is "reproduction". Yes, this is consistent with the essence of the difference between broilers and laying hens.

For fattening sheep, the price is often determined based on weight, so generally the fatter and heavier the better;

But breeding sheep cannot be over-fat because they are too fat. of sheep will affect breeding and lambing.

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