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The punishment for eating chelev bemeizid (on purpose) is kareth (exclusion from the after life). The atonement for eating it by mistake is to bring a korban hattath (atonement sacrifice). The prohibition on chelev is only regarding those animal types which were used as a korban: cattle, sheep and goat, which are the only kosher domestic livestock.
The commandment is preceded by the instruction that a calf or lamb is only acceptable for sacrifice on the eighth day (22:26). [1] The Hebrew Bible uses the generic word for bull or cow (Hebrew: שור showr [2]), and the generic word for sheep and ewe (שה seh) and the masculine pronoun form in the verb "slaughter-him" (Hebrew shachat-u)
The Torah (Pentateuch) contains passages in Leviticus that list the animals people are permitted to eat. According to Leviticus 11:3, animals like cows, sheep, and deer that have divided hooves and chew their cud may be consumed. Pigs should not be eaten because they do not chew their cud.
By these requirements, any land-dwelling animal that is kosher can only possibly be a mammal, but even then, permitted are only those mammals that are placentals and strictly herbivorous (not omnivores nor carnivores) that both ruminate and also have cloven hooves, such as bovines (cattle/cows, bison, buffalos, yak, etc.), sheep, goats, deer ...
Ḏabīḥah (ذَبِيْحَة) is the practice prescribed in Islam for slaughtering all halal animals (goats, sheep, cattle, chickens, etc.), only excluding fish and most sea-life, according to Islamic law. This means that unlawful animals (pig, dog, lion, etc.) may not be slaughtered (dabihah).
These sheep are listed on the Rare Breed Survival Trust. Efforts are being made to conserve and promote the breed due to its historical significance and unique genetic traits.
Sheep are herd animals, so you can't get just one. They need other sheep to be happy. Two sheep should be your minimum, but they'd be happiest in groups of five or more.
Eat Not This Flesh: Food Avoidances from Prehistory to the Present. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-14250-7. Marvin Harris (1986). Good to Eat. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 0-04-306002-1. Harris applies cultural materialism, looking for economical or ecological explanations behind the taboos. Morales, Edmundo (1995).