Table 5.

Average sheep flock structure of the surveyed households in the study area

Age category	Agro ecology of the study district
	Highland (n = 64)		Mid-altitude (n = 64)		Overall mean (n = 128)
	Mean ± SE	%	Mean ± SE	%	Mean ± SE	%
Ram lambs < 6 month	0.81 ± 0.12	17.5	0.48 ± 0.07	11	0.64 ± 0.09	14.25
Ram lambs (6–12 month)	0.31 ± 0.07	6.7	0.40 ± 0.06	9.17	0.35 ± 0.07	7.93
Breeding rams > 12 months	0.25 ± 0.06	5.43	0.20 ± 0.06	4.65	0.22 ± 0.06	5.04
Castrates (> 1 year)	0.03 ± 0.02	0.64	0.05 ± 0.03	1.16	0.01 ± 0.03	0.59
Ewe lambs (< 6 months)	0.83 ± 0.11	17.9	1.13 ± 0.08	25.9	0.98 ± 0.1	22
Ewes (6–12 months old)	0.89 ± 0.08	19.2	0.68 ± .08	15.6	0.78 ± 0.08	17.4
Breeding ewes (> 12 months old)	1.56 ± 0.09	33.7	1.42 ± 0.09	32.6	1.49 ± 0.09	33.12
Total flock size	4.6 ± 0.08				4.3 ± 0.07