Sheep hybrid goat was born in Ireland

An animal of half sheep and goat is born on a farm in Ireland. It is now healthy and runs very fast.

The animal was born more than two weeks ago on the farm of Paddy Murphy, a farmer in Kildare County, Ireland. The rancher said he was not deliberately crossing the animal, but it was most likely the result of a mating between a goat and a sheep, the BBC reported.

Not only healthy, Paddy Murphy's goat hybrid sheep also ran faster than sheep born the same day.(Photo: New York Daily News)

"Many generations of my family raised sheep and I have never seen anything like that," Murphy told Irish Farmers magazine.

Murphy, who is also the owner of a city pub Ballymore Eustace in Kildare County, confirmed the animal's health and ran faster than other sheep.

"It runs so fast that you can only lock it into a closed fence to catch it. If you don't do that, you won't be able to catch it , " Murphy said.

5 months ago a male goat mated with a female sheep on the farm. Murphy saw the scene, but he didn't mind. Many customers in pubs and friends laughed when they saw the animal picture in Murphy's phone.

"Two horns began to sprout on its head , " he boasted.

The sheep hybrid goats and its mother.(Photo: New York Daily News)

Irish Farmers magazine said this was the first time they had reported on a goat sheep in Ireland.

"The birth of a goat sheep is a very rare event. This cross-breeding pattern occurs between goats and sheep. However, the fetus usually dies before its birth," the magazine spokesman said.