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referred to as a ewe (/juː/ yoo), an intact male as a ram, occasionally a tup, a castrated male as a wether, and a young sheep as a lamb. Sheep are most...

breeding, ewes often produce multiple lambs. This increase in the lamb births, both in number and birth weight, may cause problems in delivery and lamb survival...

for age – sheep culled because of their age. Also see cull ewe, killer. Chilver – a female lamb Clip – all the wool from a flock (in Australian Wool Classing)...

"Miorița" (ad. mioriță, lit. 'The Little Ewe Lamb'), also transliterated as "Mioritza", is an old Romanian pastoral ballad considered to be one of the...

Chetlens The entrails of any edible animal Chilver or Chilver hog A yearling ewe lamb Chimley Chimney Chop Sell, barter or exchange Chump A log of wood Clavy...

all sheep less than two years old tends to be called "lamb". Mutton — the meat of a female (ewe) or castrated male (wether) sheep having more than two...

as their own child, naming her Ada after María's deceased daughter. The ewe that is Ada's biological mother misses her child and becomes a nuisance,...

that a ewe (female adult) is showing signs of heat or estrus, they can organise for mating with males. Newborn lambs are typically subjected to lamb marking...

produce one lamb: suited to the harsh conditions. The lowland ram, such as the Blueface Leicester is prolific, producing ewes which give 1-3 lambs and capable...

Prodigal Son. Mashalim from the Old Testament include the parable of the ewe-lamb (told by Nathan in 2 Samuel 12:1-9) and the parable of the woman of Tekoah...

for; the ewes have little trouble lambing and are good mothers. The mature body weight of a ram is 220 to 260 lb (100 to 118 kg) and a ewe is 120 to...

other three being the Trajan and Dochia myth, the mytho of Miorița (The Ewe Lamb), and the myth of Meşterul Manole. Citations Călin, Vera (1 January 1988)...

title with ancient goddesses like Inana, Urash, and Nanshe. Rachel means "ewe lamb." Noegel says there's an irony involving Laban's flocks within this detail...

products. Female sheep (ewes) do not produce milk constantly. Rather, they produce milk during the 80–100 days after lambing. Sheep naturally breed in...

commonly used in the United Kingdom as a sire to produce market lambs from pure-bred ewes and mules. This breed originates in the Charolles and Saône-et-Loire...

heard that Jim [her father] had a ewe lamb that was inclinded to stray, and that he would be glad to take the ewe lamb off his hands and put it into a safer...

particularly sensitive to phytoestrogens, soybean meal supplementation of ewe lambs or ewes on pasture in some studies has been found to have no detrimental effect...

sheep. Ewes can lamb at 12 months of age. Ewes can have two lamb crops in a year, sometimes three in two years. One to four lambs in one lamb crop are...

male, for the vintage-opening festival the flamen Dialis sacrificed a ewe lamb to Jupiter. This rule seems to have had many exceptions, as the sacrifice...

long–lived. With sleek heads and wide pelvic structures, Clun Forest ewes lamb easily. The breed has a short to medium–length wool and dark brown faces...