[Jacob-list] ram is mate batterer

[Meg Steensland]

I have a ram that seem to have a problem when there is more than one ewe in with him - he picks on one and keps hitting her.  Anyone else have to run the ewes in with a ram one at a time?   I don't think Frank did this last year when he was just a lamb and had as many as 5 in the pasture - later, the barn at one time.

It is almost like he sees the 2nd ewe as competition.  The two most recently with him now are twins and I have removed one 2 times.  Wonder if taking the one he likes out and putting the other back in later will help or just move her to a ram that is not a batterer?  Frank is a nice low-color blue-eyed guy I got from Carl Fosbrink and I am using him against my ewes that have max color.  

If anyone in Ohio needs a ram, I will be needing to part with some of my adults that are getting too big for me to handle after this breeding cycle.  All 4 are registered - 2 4-horn Shadowbrook born rams and 2 2-horn with great genetics from other farms.  First comers get first choice.

 
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