Michael,
I watched it as well! It was awesome to see. We recently had our "friendly
- petting zoo" type ram turn. :)
Since we run with up to 20 rams and have separate breeding pens for about 8
each year, he realized he didn't get "his" turn this year. After jumping
the fences into the breedin
Two questions, Michael: do you really have to keep so many rams together? It
seems like sure, eventual death for the weakest of them. Secondly, they all
have beautiful, double-curled horns. I don't see that very often so wonder if
you find them to be more valuable?
Rick Krach
in Auburn, CA
Along with Rick's question have they ever killed/injured each other?
Or like chickens is it more of a pecking order issue?
On 1/7/2014 6:19 PM, Rick Krach wrote:
Two questions, Michael: do you really have to keep so many rams together? It
seems like sure, eventual death for the weakest of
Where is the video? I seem to have missed it :-(
Jann
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 7, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Rick Krach wrote:
>
> Two questions, Michael: do you really have to keep so many rams together? It
> seems like sure, eventual death for the weakest of them. Secondly, they all
> have b
Well, I tried just one and he was lonely all the time. Calling to me and
banging on fences. I thought that was way more cruel than dying at the hand of
another ram. Can't keep him with the ewes, I'd have lambs all the time, and
they'd all have the same father. So I then had two rams together. Th
No deaths yet, but this time around I was not too sure if I might not see one.
Glad I did not. I've only been at this since 2008.
As some of the other herders have told me offline, a cheap shot to the ribs
might be more
likely than actually breaking a neck. And a broken rib can really devasta
Over thing occurred to me, the folks who don't have multiple rams may not know
this:
This is a very rare occurrence. A battle like this happens maybe once a year,
or when I remove a ram for breeding then put him back. Otherwise, they sit
around, eat and chew cud, and sniff and connoodle with e
