Tupping! What on earth is it!?
This is a new Term for me, apparently I’ve been helping our sheep with the process, but I didn’t know that the term for it is Tupping, or that a Ram is called a Tup! Did You? No! Then read on…
When the cooler days of Autumn come upon us, the temperature outside goes down, but the Tups, start Tupping! So, what the heck is Tupping!?
Tupping is when Rams, male sheep, also known as Tups, begin to feel the Call of the Wild!
In the Wild, wild male ruminates, such as those in the deer family, are said to be in Rut. The Rut, when male wild ruminants seek out their mates, is similar to what domestic Rams, or Tups, do as Fall comes up on us, the urge to mate comes upon animals such a Sheep, Rams, known as Tups, enter a season of Tupping!
This Tupping is, of course, in correspondence with the Ewes, female sheep, coming into what is known as Heat! So, when Autumn comes upon us, and the temperatures begin to Fall, wild animals begin their Rut, domesticated male sheep, Tups, begin Tupping, and as the temperatures Fall, things Heat up with the Ewes!
So, Now You Know! Or is that Ewe Know! 😉
