19 reactions | You know the sheep are relaxed when you find them chewing their cud. Sheep are ruminants which means they have 4 stomachs to help them digest their fibrous diet of grass and hay. After they initially eat the grass it goes to their first stomach (the rumen) where digestion begins, the food is them brought back up to be chewed a second time before it passes into the reticulum (the second stomach). #pastureraisedlamb #happysheep | Gardner Family Farm | Facebook