Before I begin this blog, I am going to give a bit of sheep terminology.
When a sheep has a female lamb, this is called a ewe lamb, right up until it is weaned, (approx 5 months) After it is has been weaned and before it has been sheared (approx 15 months old), it is referred to as a hog. After sheep shearing, this same female sheep will be classed as a gimmer. The gimmer, aged about 20 months, will go to the tup, hopefully she will then end up in lamb (pregnant) and produce her first offspring at about 2 years old.
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