tupping
Sheep mating season
Tupping is the mating of sheep—specifically, a ram mounting a ewe.
The term is standard in British farming: tupping season, the ram's been tupping since October.
Outside agricultural contexts, tup appears as a crude or jocular verb for human sex, though this use is uncommon and regional.
Adult male sheep
- eweFemale ovine
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- ruttingMating season behavior
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
copulation · flock · lambing · fertility · stud · sire · ovulation · conception
Raising ovines commercially
- husbandryFarm management practice
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- stock rotationSelling oldest inventory first
- uplandElevated land area
grazing · paddock · enclosure · animal husbandry · wool production · meat production · smallholding · crofting
ram
Adult male sheep
mounting · copulation · flock · lambing · fertility · stud · sire · ovulation · conception · gestation
sheep farming
Raising ovines commercially
- husbandryFarm management practice
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- stock rotationSelling oldest inventory first
upland · grazing · paddock · enclosure · animal husbandry · wool production · meat production · smallholding · crofting · shepherding
tuppingshearing
Cutting away fleece
lambing · weaning · culling · slaughtering · gelding
tuppingseparating
Dividing into parts
barrenness · celibacy · abstinence · infertility · sterilizing