Sheep

Question 1

Ewe

Answer 1

A sexually mature female

Question 2

Hogget

Answer 2

A shorn or unshorn sheep from about 12 to 15 months of age

Question 3

Lamb

Answer 3

A young sheep from birth until weaning

Question 4

Weaner

Answer 4

An animal which has been weaned from its mother

Question 5

Wether

Answer 5

A castrated male sheep

Question 6

Sucker Lamb

Answer 6

An unweaned lamb

Question 7

Poddy Lamb

Answer 7

An unbranded lamb

Question 8

Maiden Ewe

Answer 8

An ewe for breeding.

Question 9

Main Products From Sheep

Answer 9

Wool, Skin, Meat, Milk

Question 10

Joining

Answer 10

A. Rams are but in with the ewes
B. To get the ewes pregnant
C. At school farm in Autumn

Question 11

Lambing

Answer 11

A. The ewes give birth
B. The production of the new breeding stock
C. A school farm in June/July

Question 12

Ear marking or tagging

Answer 12

A. Punching a hole in an ear and putting tag on.
B. Identification
C. When young (annually)

Question 13

Tail Docking

Answer 13

A. Cut of blood supply before cutting off tail
B. To prevent blowfly strike
C. When young, four to six weeks

Question 14

Castration

Answer 14

A. Surgically removing each testicle
B. Reduce aggression, sexual activity and hormones (testosterone)
C. When really young (four weeks)

Question 15

Vaccinating

Answer 15

A. Injecting vaccine under the skin but not in the muscle (subcutaneous) or a 5 in 1 vaccine.
B. TO build up immunity against diseases like pulpy kidney, black leg, malignant odema, tetanus and black disease.
C. At lamb marking, four weeks of age. Adults get annual booster.

Question 16

Drenching

Answer 16

A. Place a gun in the side of the sheep’s mouth and inject an oral liquid
B. For the control of internal parasites such as roundworm and liver fluke.
C. Throughout spring and summer when parasites are most active.

Question 17

Dipping

Answer 17

A. Soaking a fleece in ‘medicine’
B. To prevent external parasites.
C. Straight after shearing.J

Question 18

Jetting

Answer 18

A. Spraying chemical into the fleece to prevent external parasites
B. To prevent blowfly strike.
C. Straight after shearing.

Question 19

Shearing

Answer 19

A. Complete removal of fleece
B. For animal welfare and produce.
C. Annually once a year, usually before summertime

Question 20

Crutching

Answer 20

A. Removal of fleece from the breach area
B. to prevent blowfly strike
C. Every six months.

Question 21

Foot Pairing

Answer 21

A. Chip away at foot with ‘shears’ at the excess surrounding sheep.
B. To prevent foot rot.
C. Whenever needed (especially during summer)

Question 22

Branding

Answer 22

A. Paint/stamp ‘logo’
B. For identification
C. Straight after shearing

Question 23

Mulesing

Answer 23

A. Surgically removing skin on both sides of the tail
B. To prevent blowfly strike.
C. When 4-6 weeks of age.

Question 24

Basic Needs of Sheep

Answer 24

Water, Food, Nutrition, Shelter, Freedom of Choice