keeping of sheep

  • 1sheep-pen — n a small area of ground with a fence around it, used for keeping sheep together for a short time …

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  • 2Sheep husbandry — Australian Merino Sheep Sheep husbandry is a subcategory of animal husbandry specifically dealing with the raising and breeding of domestic sheep. Sheep farming is primarily based on raising lambs for meat, or raising sheep for wool. Sheep may… …

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  • 3Sheep — For other uses, see Sheep (disambiguation). Domestic sheep A research flo …

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  • 4sheep-pen — noun (C) a small area of ground with a fence around it, used for keeping sheep together for a short time …

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  • 5Keeping — Keep Keep (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913… …

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  • 6Cotswold sheep — A Cotswold sheep relaxing Cotswold sheep are a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Cotswold hills of the southern midlands of England. It is a dual use breed providing both meat and wool.[1] As of 2009, this long woole …

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  • 7Jacob (sheep) — The Jacob sheep is a breed of primitive multihorned sheep, patterned with black and white spots. [] Keeping Jacob Sheep Jacob sheep are hardy animals with high resistance to parasites and disease. Hooves generally only need trimming once a year,… …

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  • 8Herdwick (sheep) — The Herdwick is a traditional breed of domestic sheep native to the mountainous Lake District of Cumbria in North West England. The name Herdwick is derived from the Old Norse herdvyck , meaning sheep pasture.cite journal last = Bryson first =… …

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  • 9Glossary of sheep husbandry — The raising of domestic sheep has existed in nearly every inhabited part of the globe, and the variations in cultures and languages which have kept sheep has produced a vast lexicon of unique terminology used to describe sheep husbandry. A few of …

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  • 10Domestic sheep reproduction — A cross bred ewe suckles her lamb, which was the first of the 2008 spring lambing at a farm in Coventry, England As with other mammals, domestic sheep reproduction occurs sexually. Their reproductive strategy is very similar to other domestic… …

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