[Jacob-list] sheep in TX

[iseespots]

Hi,

Donna---if you want to write to me in private (as your address returned the
e-mail back to me when I tried to privately e-mail you), I can get you in
touch with some people in TX.

Mary Ellen iseespots at msn.com
ISeeSpots Farm www.iseespots.com
Home of Jacob Sheep, Shetland Sheep,
and German Angora Rabbits, colored German Angora crosses.
Renewable fleeces, loving personalities, friends.
----- Original Message -----
From: "iseespots" <iseespots at email.msn.com>
To: "CARL FOSBRINK" <carlfosbrink at yahoo.com>; <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] pens for rams


> Hi,
>
> I am in NC and have had ewes settled with twins in early August mid-90's
> weather and the high humidity levels we usually experience during the
> summer.
>
> I personally do not agree with separating out sheep and leaving them
without
> a buddy of some sort at any point in time.  They are a flock creature and
do
> not seem to handle being by themselves well at all.  I have not been
> impressed by the rams I have seen put in pens by themselves, but that is a
> personal opinion.
>
> Horns are going to get broken.  That is a fact of life, and RARELY is it
not
> going to happen.  I have only seen one 4-horned animal that was over a
year
> old that had not even tipped the end of a horn off---and I have seen quite
a
> number of them by now.
>
> Rams also seem to like to go through 2Xwhatever boards.  I have personally
> been lucky and had no real problems with rammy rams beating in my fencing
or
> gates.  I also have most of my areas wooded and the rams pick out a couple
> favorite trees to beat their heads against for the pleasure of shaking the
> trees.
>
> If a ewe can stick her rear end through the fence within smelling distance
> of the ram, the fence is likely to not stand.  Need I say more on my
> perception of how far one should place rams from ewes to avoid the loss of
> fencing?  I think the closest place I have had my rams on a permanent
basis
> is about 40 feet from the ewes, and there is lots of calling back and
forth
> when the ewes cycle but no broken fencing.
>
> Mary Ellen
> ISeeSpots Farm www.iseespots.com
> Home of Jacob Sheep, Shetland Sheep,
> and German Angora Rabbits, colored German Angora crosses.
> Renewable fleeces, loving personalities, friends.
>
>
>
>
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