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Theave or theaf (plural of either: theaves) – a young female sheep, usually before her first lamb (used especially in lowland England). Also gimmer. Top knot – wool from the forehead or poll of a sheep. Tup – an alternative term for ram. Tupping – mating in sheep, or the mating season (autumn, for a spring-lambing flock).
Four breeds of sheep, in the illustrated encyclopedia Meyers Konversationslexikon. This is a list of breeds of domestic sheep. Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are partially derived from mouflon (Ovis gmelini) stock, and have diverged sufficiently to be considered a different species. Some sheep breeds have a hair coat and are known as haired sheep.
Domesticated sheep are herd animals that are bred for agricultural trade. A flock of sheep is mated by a single ram, which has either been chosen by a farmer or, in feral populations, has established dominance through physical contests with other rams. [1] Sheep have a breeding season (tupping) in the autumn, though some can breed year-round. [1]
The little tail is too cute!
Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the Caprinae subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae. [1] Its seven highly sociable species are known as sheep or ovines. Domestic sheep are members of the genus, and are thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia.
The sheep is of a medium weight and height, with rams typically weighing 85-90 kilograms and standing 76 centimeters tall, and ewes weighing 55-60 kilograms and standing 68 centimeters tall. The Manchega's wool has a staple length of about 14-16 centimeters and a fiber diameter of 26-8 microns. [1] They are a medium wool breed. [2]
[3]: 28 It is of medium size: mature ewes weigh about 55 kg, [4]: 788 rams some 50–70 kg. [ 3 ] : 16 It is polled , white-faced and white-woolled; the face and legs are free of wool. [ 3 ] : 16 It is a lowland sheep, more suited to improved lowland pasture than to hill country.
Fiona the Sheep is a ewe sheep that came to public attention in 2021 when she was spotted alone at the base of a cliff on the shore of the Moray Firth in Scotland. [1] Fiona the Sheep. In 2021, Jill Turner was on a kayaking between Balintore and Nigg and about to enter the Cromarty Firth from the Moray Firth when she spotted the sheep. [1]