[Jacob-list] bullies in the pasture

[Mark Essen]

I have two dozen Jacobs sheep mixed in with a bit over one dozen mixed 
breed sheep, mostly dorset, texel, and dorper.  I keep only Jacobs rams, 
so I can not tell you how the various rams would behave, but the ewes 
are all perfect ladies.  Every once in a while I hear that Jacobs are 
mean aggressive sheep, but after asking more questions, the comment 
usually comes from somebody with very limited experience.  Some 
individual sheep may be overly aggressive, or overly timid, but as a 
breed, I find Jacobs to be very docile.  As somebody else suggested, 
spread out the feed so that all can eat at the same time in peace.
By the way, when I have trouble sleeping, I try counting spots.
-- 
Mark Essen
Famous Acres
6701 County Road 353
Fulton, Mo.  65251
(573)642-0350 (phone on the wall)
(573)310-1668 (cell)
messen at socket.net
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