Farming Terms

Meaning

Lamb

A lamb is young sheep which is still young enough to need to stay with its mother (or be hand reared).

Hogg

This is a male or female sheep that is between the age of 6-15 months. After that they become a shearling.

Shearling

Once a sheep has been shorn (wool clipped off) it is refered to as a Shearling. The age of the sheep is then refered to as one shear or two shear etc.

Ewe

A female sheep is called a EWE

Tup or Ram

A male sheep is refered to as a Tup or Ram