Sheep!!

[xlouisex]

Does anyone know the word that is used when farmes cuts of the fur at the back of a sheep bum when it is covered in poo/dirt?

[RATTER15]

We just called it docking and when sheared all the bits that were docked was put in a bag separately and called dockings.

[Noweia]

Usually it's called 'crutching' - the wool is removed from around the tail and the udder, and under the belly of the sheep, to prevent flystrike, to clear the area in ewes for lambs to feed, and to prevent buildup of muck and faeces.

[RATTER15]

I think its probably a very regional thing, you know what farmers are like, they make it up as they go along lol.

[Cheekystar]

its commonlu known as docking

[Thunderbird+]

The dried poo is known as dags, cutting it off is called Dagging.

[xlouisex]

Thank you! Dagging is what i was looking for thanks! :)

[squirelpoo]

poo/dirt ,what a great name

[naz_nomad]

Is it a regional thing? .. we call it dagging, but does is vary countrywide?

[Clanad]

Must be some relationshup to the term used here in the western U.S., called "Tagging"... it's used more for shearing udders of female sheep if weather or other considerations prevent shearing of the ewes before lambing. Often, if the ewe is unshorn, the newborn lamb begins suckling a "tag" of wool near the udder and eventualy starves to death...

[Thunderbird+]

I suppose you could call it a "reginal thing" but the term is wide-spread and is also used in Australia and New Zeland.

[RATTER15]

I live in a ver rural village in Devon and its only called docking here, never heard dagging, very regional thing for sure.