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Fold (or sheepfold) – a pen in which a flock is kept overnight to keep the sheep safe from predators, or to allow the collection of dung for manure. Folding – confining sheep (or other livestock ) onto a restricted area for feeding, such as a temporarily fenced part of a root crop field, especially when done repeatedly onto a sequence of areas.
The Nam (collective), Dags Darlaston Darlos, Daleks Darlington Quakers, Darloids, DCs, Monte Darloes Dartmouth Dirty-mos Denton Hatters, Dentists Derby Bockers, Sheep Shaggers, Rams Desborough Desperates Devon Janners, Devos (pejorative when pronounced with a long "e") Dewsbury Ragpickers (after the former shoddy industry) Didcot Dead Cats ...
The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1] Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites.
Sheep also play a major role in many local economies, which may be niche markets focused on organic or sustainable agriculture and local food customers. [23] [135] Especially in developing countries, such flocks may be a part of subsistence agriculture rather than a system of trade. Sheep themselves may be a medium of trade in barter economies ...
Collective animal behavior; Herd behavior, the behavior of individuals in a group acting collectively without centralized direction; Herding dog, trained in herding livestock or of a breed developed for herding; List of animal names, including collective nouns such as "herd" Sheepdog trial, competitive sport involving dogs working herds of sheep
Showbird. Song: “Let’s Here It For the Boy,” by Deniece Williams Panel guesses: Yvette Nicole Brown, Taraji P. Henson Clue: Music box playing dance music. “Now, that’s more my vibe ...
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.
Boy herding a flock of sheep, India; a classic example of the domestic herding of animals Wildebeest at the Ngorongoro Crater; an example of a herd in the wild. A herd is a social group of certain animals of the same species, either wild or domestic. The form of collective animal behavior associated with this is called herding. These animals ...