[Jacob-list] Killer Ram

[Thomas Simmons]

Connie,

I had the same thing happen several years ago among my Shetlands, and I
found it to be related to another incident raised on this list last week:
the rams reaction to the ewes hormones at lambing time.  In this particular
incident - my first as a shepherd of Shetlands - a Ram seemed *very*
protective of a ewe who was about to lamb.  he would let no one else near
her, except me - and he was even kind of unsettled about that. I discovered
him butting her hard in the rear as she attempted to lie down. He ended up
beating her up, andshe miscarried.  I learned that this ram could NOT be
near ewes when they were lambing, because his "sensors" thought it was
mating time, and he was quite obnoxious when no one accommodated him.

He didn't even taste good, either.......

Thom
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