[Jacob-list] foot stomping

[Dan Carpenter]

I'm pretty sure that ram aggression has a genetic component, so PART of my
method for dealing with rams is to NOT buy aggressive rams for breeding.
I've turned down 2 rams in the last 18 months because they were notably
aggressive.  I suppose I might be missing out on some desirable genes for
other traits, but I mostly have sheep for my own enjoyment and I don't enjoy
aggressive rams.

 

-Dan

 

From: jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com
[mailto:jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com] On Behalf Of Robin Lynde
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:42 AM
To: im rapunzil; Jacob List
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] foot stomping

 

Halter broken doesn't necessarily mean friendly. I tie them on a halter for
15-30 minutes a day for  a few days to a week. That doesn't mean they will
lead like a dog, but at least then I can tie them up and they don't fight
the halter and thrash around. Whether you're working with rams or ewes, if
they are not friendly enough to be caught easily it is best to move them
into smaller and smaller areas until you can catch them without it being a
rodeo. To catch my rams I use hinged panels that I can move until they are
trapped in a corner.

 

The two yearling rams I have right now have never threatened me but I still
use the measures I have described to work around them. I take that back. I
had one in a smaller pen for a few days. I was going to move him out and had
to undo a chain that was holding a panel in place. The only way to release
the chain was to bend over to reach it. I was on the outside of the pen but
that ram saw when I bent over and bashed the panel right where I was
standing. The bent over position was enough to make him decide to bash me
(fortunately I wasn't right next to the panel).

 

Robin Lynde
Meridian Jacobs
Vacaville, CA 
www.meridianjacobs.com 

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From: im rapunzil <mailto:im-rapunzil at hotmail.com>  

To: aztreaz at earthlink.net ; Jacob <mailto:jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>  List 

Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 12:19 PM

Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] foot stomping

 

This thread has been very interesting and educational to me.  I have a
question though - how can a ram be afraid of people but yet be halter broke?
Then how do you get a halter on him?  Especially with those huge
horns.......

You live by writing your poems on a farm
and call that farming.



 

> From: aztreaz at earthlink.net

> To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com

> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:58:13 -0700

> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] foot stomping

> 

> When I need to go in the wether/ram pen I carry a wooden baseball bat. 

> Never had to use it and I don't threaten anyone with it. I just carry it. 

> The ram gets a halter put on to take him to the ewe pen for breeding. I

> try and not handle him much at all, I don't feed him any treats by

hand....

> except a slice of bread, rarely. I do slip up once in a great while and

> give him a quick scratch under the chin and tell him how wonderful he is. 

> I really shouldn't do that, according to the ram experts, but I do...

> 

> Cathy

> Moscow, Idaho

> 

> 

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