[Jacob-list] Destructive ram

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Hi all.. I thought raising rams was a no-biggie until this fella came  along! 
 All my boys co-mingle out of breeding season.. But not this fella..  I took 
him in as he needed a home.  He has managed to bang up so much of my  place 
I'm pretty disgusted with him.
 
We are still building our place, and making our breeding pens.....My barn  
was set up as a horse show barn.....
 
He has figured out that if he slams his head into my pretty sliding doors,  
hard enough, and often enough, he can actually BEND the channel that keeps it 
in  place, and he and his little girlfriend can escape.....(She came with him)
 
So we put up a pipe gate in front of the slider to take the brunt of his  
abuse.  that seems to be working well FOR NOW.
 
This weekend we are building him a 1/4 acre pen..... Woven wire, T posts  
wood corner braces.... He has a small shelter in there (7x12) 
 
I think.. knowing this guy is destructive.. putting an eye level hot wire  
might be a good plan.... and giving him a re-shear so he will get more of a zap  
from the fence....
 
Does this sound reasonable?
 
I don't know what we will do with him after breeding season, as I cant deal  
with this!  He is a sweet honey of a fella but I don't know if a bullpen  
would hold him!



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