[Jacob-list] chasing ewes

[wolfpen]

Thanks Thom

I did check her yesterday when this started and also today.  She has no discharge.  Was your ewe due at the time the others were chasing her?  I separated her so they can't chase her anymore.  Did you separate the chasers from the chasee?  I'm just wondering if you think it was the chasing that caused the abortion or that the lambs were responding to something being wrong.  

Linda
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Thomas Simmons 
  To: wolfpen ; *Jacob discussion group 
  Sent: 17 April, 2000 6:16 PM
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] chasing ewes


  Linda - 
   
  I had this happen to a Shetland to spring; the rams were, as you said, "chasing her like a pack of dogs."  Upon close inspection, she was emitting a thick milky discharge; she aborted several days later. Don't know if there was a relationship between the events, but my other ewes - who lambed perfectly fine - were not chased like the opor Shetland was.
   
  thom
    -----Original Message-----
    From: wolfpen <wolfpen at alltel.net>
    To: *Jacob discussion group <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
    Date: Monday, April 17, 2000 9:36 AM
    Subject: [Jacob-list] chasing ewes


    I have a yearling ewe due to lamb any day now.  My earlier ram lambs (aged 4 to 6 weeks) are running her.  I frequently notice lambs sniffing a ewe when she is close to lambing.  But these boys are running her like a pack of dogs.  When she butts one lamb, the others jump at her from another direction.  I do think that in her advanced stage of pregnancy and the fact that it's warm here now could lead to some problems. Obviously I have separated them now.  Over the past two days, I have three times tried to put them back together and the same thing happens.  I'm not going to try it again.  I just wondered if anyone else has seen this.  

    Linda
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