[Jacob-list] breeding season over....

[Linda]

Glad I tweaked your memory :-)  
 
Any one that has followed this list knows that I very seldom run adult rams together.  I'm abit off the transportation path and even though a ram/ram kill is unusual, it has happened and I do need to use my rams more than one breeding season.  Finding a ram killed by another ram would be, for me, both financially and emotionally upsetting.
 
Because of our move last year, I don't have the "ram runs" I had set up at the old place here and I did have to put adult rams together last week. I sure had my fingers crossed!  Both Dustin and Chancellor (Leo is still a junior ram) are definitely adult rams, but neither has been a "basher".  Don't get me started about Groucho - aptly named!  I thought I had a pretty good take on the boys' personalities and decided to just open the gates and wait until they noticed each other.  Chancellor, a yearling, was so full of himself and did manage to knock Dustin to the ground with his first charge.  Dustin, a three year old, picked himself back up and established himself as THE ram.  Happily, they established a pecking order quickly.

Linda   
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 17:09:25 -0800 (PST), Mary Hansson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I took the 2 rams out this afternoon and put them with the other 2
> adults here at the place.  All 4 rams were put in a 4 x 6 lambing
> pen.  Writing to Linda a few minutes ago, I remembered they were
> still in there.  It has been raining and is pretty cold outside, so
> I thought I would see if they had cooled off.
>
> They looked like they were cooled down.
>
> Ronan was down with a lateral stuck in a wrung of the lambing jug,
> but otherwise fine.  I opened the fence up so they could get out of
> the 8 x 8 area the lambing jug was in.
>
> Hark just had not cooled off enough yet, and decided that he was
> going to take out Merlin.  Merlin took a couple nasty facial hits
> with Harkäs top horns before his age and fighting experience kicked
> in.
>
> It was fascinating watching him actively size up and assess Hark. 
> In fact, the final hit came after Merlin stopped in mid forward
> running strike.  He stood still for a moment.  He backed up and
> repositioned himself to come in lower than normal.  This was
> effective, and Hark suddenly received a few activated brain cells
> along with a nose bleed.
>
> Mary Ellen
>
>
> Mary Ellen Hansson, MEd, RD, LDN
> ISeeSpots Farm
> Jacob Sheep: Lambs, adults, wool
> www.iseespots.com

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