[Jacob-list] Re: Ram behavior/lines,age

[Jacobflock at aol.com]

Fred here.  We keep about twenty rams and notice some lines are scrappier 
than others.  There may be a hormone line influencing behavior.

Among age groups we have observed more fighting among peer groups.  More 
specifically, young rams (1-2 years) seem to run their dominance challenges 
among themselves; the older rams (2-7 years) seem to understand their 
relationships among their peer group.  The younger ones seem to challenge the 
older ones by initiating dominace behavior and are quickly rebuffed.  The 
size and weight of the older rams put the younger rams in place quickly and 
challenges by the younger against the older are less frequent.

We have two rams (age 1 year) that keep their distance through the day but in 
the early AM and at PM twilight "gatehrings" of the rams, look at each other 
and "kapow".

Fred Horak