[BASC108B] Sheep Terminologies

Accelerated lambing

when a ewe lambs more often than once a year

Bellwether

sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell

Broken mouth

very old sheep, losing its incisors

Creep feeding

to provide supplemental feed to nursing lambs

Crimp

the natural waviness of the wool fiber

Crutching

the removal of wool from around the tail and between the rear legs of a sheep

Dags

wool contaminated with feces, which is either adhering to or has been clipped from the posterior or sheep

Ewe

female sheep

Fleece

synthetic material similar to wool

Full-mouth

4 year old sheep or older

Graft

transfer a lamb to a ewe that is not its mother

Gummer

a sheep so old that it has lost all of its teeth

Lamb

young sheep of either sex

Lamb chop

meat of young sheep

Lambing

parturition in sheep

Mutton

meat of matured sheep

Pelt

the skin of sheep with the wool on

Ram

male sheep

Shearing

cutting the wool of sheep

Short-mouth

sheep which is 5 years or older, with short tooth

Skirting

removing of stained, unusable, undesirable portions of a fleece

Wool

the hair covering of sheep

Yearling

12-24 months

2-tooth

yearling sheep