Sheep dictionary

ganmo

Hey so I think it might be an idea to just write down the different words used for the same/different things

hogget/shearling

creep/ration/meal/nuts/concentrate

dose/drench

jt65

from a well known advertising website

well bread ewe lambs that will make super breading hoggetts
first to see will buy

usually means :
over priced screw lambs too small for the ram and you feed for 12 months for no return

colmwexford

lambing/yeaning

ganmo

Covered/raddled/tipped/tupped
Around/on

greysides

I asked for some clarifications on a British forum. Here's the response:


Ram or tup, the sire.

Ewe, the dam.

Lamb, the new-born sheep till it is weaned, when it is called a hogget; the tup-lamb being a “tup-hogget,” and the ewe-lamb a “ewe-hogget;” if the tup is castrated it is called a wether-hogget.

After the removal of the first fleece, the tup-hogget becomes a shearling, the ewe-hogget a grimmer, and the wether-hogget a dinmont (hence the name “Dandy Dinmont”).

After the removal of the second fleece, the shearling becomes a two-shear tup, the grimmer a ewe, and the dinmont a wether.

After the removal of the third fleece, the ewe is called a twinter-ewe; and when it ceases to breed, a draft-ewe.

AntrimGlens

colmwexford wrote: »

lambing/yeaning

lambing/weaning/spending