{"id":8676,"date":"2025-11-07T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=8676"},"modified":"2025-11-22T21:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:40:02","slug":"time-to-tup-your-sheep-november-7th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/time-to-tup-your-sheep-november-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Tup your Sheep &#8211; November 7th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"6c6b66\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6c6b66;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/inigo-nov6-25_07-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8677 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/inigo-nov6-25_07-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/inigo-nov6-25_07-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/inigo-nov6-25_07-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/inigo-nov6-25_07-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/inigo-nov6-25_07-2048x1152.webp 2048w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/inigo-nov6-25_07-1320x743.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">City Farm, Hackney. Small flock of Bluefaced Leicester Sheep, the big golden one is the Ram, the others are the ewes he has tupped. Photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The old Shepherd&#8217;s saw is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8216;In with a bang and out with the fools&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bang is Guy Fawkes Day on November 5th, and the fools are a reference to All Fools Day on April 1st. The gestation period of a ewe  is 147 days (on average). (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefield.co.uk\/country-house\/sheep-farmers-year-fawkes-fools-40167\">sheep-farmers-year<\/a>). So farmers introduce the Ram into a field of Ewes on or around November 5th. This means the lambs will be born around the beginning of the traditional lambing season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(see my posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?s=guy+fawkes\">Guy Fawkes Day<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/april-1sy-all-fools-day\/\">All fools Day<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tupping Times<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ewes have been enjoying themselves in the fields, The flocks have been thinned out, with the young ones being sent to market, mostly for meat.  The grass has been growing at the end of the summer, with the wetter weather.  The ewes will be in excellent condition, and will have been thoroughly checked by the shepherd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chosen ram will be dressed with a harness on his chest, which will have a sheep&#8217;s crayon on it. The crayon is known as raddle or reddle.   The ram, also know as a tup, will mate with whichever of the ewe(s) that catch his eye. Each one he tups (mounts or covers) will be left with a paint mark, from the reddle on his chest, on her back. The farmer will inspect the ewes periodically.  A ewe with two or more reddle marks on her back, will be taken out of the field. This will force the ram to spread his attentions to the, as yet, untupped, ewes.  He will continue until all ewes have been tupped.  And then onto the next field full of ewes. Diggory Veen is the Reddleman in Hardy&#8217;s &#8216;Return of the Native&#8217;. I talk about him, lambing and reddle in my post <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/january-18th-lambing\/\">here.<\/a>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the young ewes will be kept to reinforce the flock. Males will only be kept if they will be sold to another farmer as a tupping ram. They cannot breed on the farm as this will lead to inbreeding.  So, a ram will be purchased or swapped from another farm. The farmer will want to choose one that fits into his\/her idea of what the ideal sheep is. whether it is grown for meat, or to be hardy, or for its wool etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Raddled<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To be raddled is to be flushed, red with drink, or over made up. It has a sense of dissipation about it.  One might have more sexual encounters than is normal.  Just like the ewe with too many raddle marks on her back?  Or the Raddle man with a red face and hands from all the raddle he handles?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bluefaced Leicester Sheep and my Hat!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I was delighted to see my local City Farm had a small herd of Bluefaced Leicester Sheep.  I was visiting with my Grandson when I took the photograph at the top of the page.  The sherderdess told me the blue-marking in this case was not a result of mating. She thought 2 or more of them were already pregnant, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My association with the breed comes from a lovely yarn shop in Conwy (<a href=\"https:\/\/ewefeltything.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ewe Felty Thing<\/a>) which had a rail of clothes marked &#8216;wearable art&#8217;. I bought a woolly beanie which they told me was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8216;Hand-spun, hand knitted from a bluefaced leicester sheep.<\/em>&#8216;  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"7c665d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-07-12.47.48-737x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8678 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7c665d; width:419px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-07-12.47.48-737x1024.webp 737w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-07-12.47.48-216x300.webp 216w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-07-12.47.48-768x1067.webp 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-07-12.47.48-1105x1536.webp 1105w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-07-12.47.48-1474x2048.webp 1474w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-07-12.47.48-1320x1835.webp 1320w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-07-12.47.48-scaled.webp 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Hand-spun, hand knitted Beanie from a Bluefaced Leicester sheep<\/em>. purchased at (<a href=\"https:\/\/ewefeltything.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ewe Felty Thing<\/a>) Photo K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I still have it.  It cost a small fortune, but worth every penny!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bluefaced Leicester Ram, might cost \u00a31000 if a bought as a lamb, \u00a34,000 if bought as a shearling, or up to \u00a340,000 if a prize lamb.  It is one of the biggest lambs with a long back, and longwool with ringlets. There is no wool on the face and neck so you can see its blue-grey skin, below the white hair &#8211; hence its name.  It is often bred with hill sheep ewes, which combines the prolificacy of the ram with the mothering abilities of the ewes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, nowadays the  wool from a shearing will only be worth about 80p in today&#8217;s market.   This will not pay for the cost of the shearing, but it is necessary for health and hygiene reasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Posted on 7th November 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The old Shepherd&#8217;s saw is: &#8216;In with a bang and out with the fools&#8217;. The bang is Guy Fawkes Day on November 5th, and the fools are a reference to All Fools Day on April 1st. The gestation period of a ewe is 147 days (on average). (sheep-farmers-year). So farmers introduce the Ram into a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/time-to-tup-your-sheep-november-7th\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Time to Tup your Sheep &#8211; November 7th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[120,112,116,1747,321,298,115,333,16,1675,322,9],"tags":[2333,2334,2338,174,2332,133,2337,487,2330,2335,2327,2329],"class_list":["post-8676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-19th-century","category-almanac-of-the-past","category-calendar","category-dorset","category-europe","category-farming-history","category-folklore","category-food-history","category-modern","category-natural-history","category-uk","category-victorian","tag-beanie","tag-bluefaced-leicester-sheep","tag-city-farm","tag-conwy","tag-knitting","tag-lambing","tag-raddle","tag-reddle","tag-shearing","tag-sheep","tag-tupping","tag-wool"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Time to Tup your Sheep - November 7th - And Did Those Feet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Time to Tup your Sheep. 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