[Jacob-list] Re: Ewe behavior

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I watched with amazement this week when my oldest ewe, roused by frantic
bleating of a lamb on the wrong side of the fence, patiently walked the lamb up
to the gap and saw it off back to its own mother before she plodded back to her
own lamb.  Don't often see altruism in sheep...... Or maybe she just wanted
some peace and quiet.

Gordon.




jacob-list-admin at jacobsheep.com on 18-04-2000 18:17:13
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Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Re: Ewe behavior

I've also noticed some ewes tend to hang out with the youngsters.  One even
seems to prefer certain other lambs than her own.  Wonder if they are her
daughters' lambs.  She is the matriarch of this farm.

mary mccracken
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From: Robvcas at aol.com <Robvcas at aol.com>
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Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 10:06 AM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Re: Ewe behavior


>In a message dated 4/18/00 7:32:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>iseespots at email.msn.com writes:
>
><< Ewe behavior to lambs, though, is such that my girls do NOT tolerate
those
>bratty little neighborhood kids bothering them or being very close
>physically.  Rarely do I have a ewe that would allow a lamb to attempt
>free-loading either.  Most lambs do try to check out the ewes around, but
>seem to learn very quickly with either early nudges away or simple slings
>through the air that you just don't mess with strange women.  Are my ewes
>behaving differently than many other flocks?  I must say this behavior
would
>fit in with the survival of the "my" genes rather than the "flock" genes
>theories.
>
> Mary Ellen >>
>In my flock, there is a babysitter, who naps with the lambs when the
mothers
>are out eating.  She's as old as the hills and doesn't have lambs of her
own
>but tends to the little ones in her "daycare"  Robin C.
>
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