Rigs

[DB67]

Is their a link between father and sons? Mother and sons?

Has anyone done research into it?

 

[Av Gorritt]

I think Mendel did a little bit.

 

[neilo]

Is their a link between father and sons? Mother and sons?

Has anyone done research into it?

Are you talking about sheep that get on their back? Or sheep who’s balls don’t drop properly?
A ‘rig’ is a different thing to different people, or in different parts of the country.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Are you talking about sheep that get on their back? Or sheep who’s balls don’t drop properly?
A ‘rig’ is a different thing to different people, or in different parts of the country.

A rig is a sheep on its back...or a bullock that shows himself

 

[harperfarmer]

A rig is a bullock with a stone left!?

 

[ridger]

No its the land around a field next the hedge

 

[sticky]

What Harper said. When a sheep is on it's back it has got cast.

 

[Highland Mule]

What Harper said. When a sheep is on it's back it has got cast.

No. Cast is a ewe that’s had its last lambing and is going to be sold for kebabs.

Dyke is the one that amused me recently - it’s a stone wall but apparently also a ditch (and also an old name for a lady who likes other ladies....)

 

[Northeastfarmer]

What Harper said. When a sheep is on it's back it has got cast.

As @Highland Mule says a cast sheep is a cull

 

[sticky]

You lot speak funny up north..

As a side note,why can I not get the imoji thingys to show up.

 

[sticky]

No. Cast is a ewe that’s had its last lambing and is going to be sold for kebabs.

Dyke is the one that amused me recently - it’s a stone wall but apparently also a ditch (and also an old name for a lady who likes other ladies....)

Never heard of a stone wall called that, I know of the other two.

 

[DB67]

Haha.

Rig is one ball showing with the other not there.

Coupy or cast is a sheep on its back.

 

[Highland Mule]

Never heard of a stone wall called that, I know of the other two.

Really? A dry stane dyke is the most common use.

 

[davieh3350]

Yup a dyke is a wall.

And a fank is where you put sheep in to work on them, which I reckon comes from fanga, which in Icelandic means capture.

 

[AvonValleyFarmer]

A dyke is a ditch. A rig is a lamb with a ball. A sheep on its back is cast.

Simple

 

[Highland Mule]

You’re wrong on dyke and cast, but I agree on rig.

What’s a “teg” ?

 

[unlacedgecko]

You’re wrong on dyke and cast, but I agree on rig.

What’s a “teg” ?

A gimmer a theave a shearling or a yearling.

 

[AvonValleyFarmer]

A gimmer a theave a shearling or a yearling.

A tegg is ewe lamb here. It's a wonder anyone ever buys what they actually set out to buy!

 

[Highland Mule]

So maybe we can learn to use proper words rather than made up regionalisms? This is The Farming Forum, not The Leicestershire Farming Forum.

Not taking a pop at anyone specific, but it’s hard enough in this industry without proper communication.

Was told once before, in a problem with loss of communication between sender and receiver, it can only ever be the fault of the sender.

 

[primmiemoo]

So how old is a lamb when it turns into a hogget?

Which counties talk about gimmers?

When is it impossible for a two-tooth to be a shearling?