[Jacob-list] Sheep toys

[sheepythyme]

Yes, we have a friend that used a blue plastic drum for the ram pens (Icelandic).  She says it keeps them from ruining her fences and buildings.  I wouldn't use metal, they could get cut if they broke it open.  
Bonnie
Herb and Bonnie Sutten
Sheepy Thyme Farm~Edmore, MI
Raising CVM/Romeldale Sheep & French Angora Rabbits
www.sheepythyme.com

From: Melody 
To: Jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 


Do any of you supply your sheep with "toys" to play with?  I have never done so, but guess I will have to start.  One of my rams has started playing with a metal tank about 2 1/2 feet tall and about the same in diameter. It has been sitting empty in the pasture, but all of a sudden it has started to move from place to place in the field.  I never see him pushing it, but today it moved clear from one side of the pasture to the other while I was in town, and developed a couple new dents.  Since it doesn't have legs, I must assume......  
Is this common with Jacobs?   My other ram shows no such inclination.  Both rams are with their ewes for breeding now.
Melody at CritterLand
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