[Jacob-list] Outcast ewe

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Cathy, That is intersting, but I will say I have the same set up, but different results.. I actually introduced a bottle raised yearling wether into a pen with another wether, a ram, and his ewes this fall.. I didnt have another place for him, so in he went.... It has been a non event, and no trouble at all has occured... Other than the wether occasionally getting run away from the ewes if one is in heat....

Jennifer Tucker
Moose Mtn Ranch





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From: ARTHUR PARTRIDGE <aztreaz at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tue, Nov 2, 2010 11:26 pm
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Outcast ewe


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Three of the 5 ewes are really aggressive towards her 
- and one of them is her mother. I don't quite understand why the three 
ewes are so intolerant of her. She's a very timid ewe (around other 
sheep - friendly with people) and it might be that she just doesn't 
stand up for herself. Any suggestions?
 
Linda
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i Linda,
   Reminds me of a similar situation, except these are two adult wethers,
wo castrated rams, and a ram.  I had an 'outcast wether'.  A lady brought
ack a two-yr-old wether that she had raised as a bottle-baby.  The 'boys'
ere very aggressive towards this wether.  He was timid too, perhaps from
eing a bottle baby and raised around humans.  A human analogy would be
ike putting a gay guy in with a bunch of skin heads.  I realized that they
ouldn't accept this new addition so I planned to take him to the butchers.
hen one day I came home and he was lying dead in the paddock.  Murdered!! 
 think I know who did it, he seemed to be the most aggressive towards this
heep.  It wasn't the ram or castrated rams, it was one of the adult
ethers.  At least I think I know who did it, but I wasn't there.  Maybe
hey all ganged up on him.  Looked like a broken neck and death had been
ecent so I was able to quickly take him to the butchers and save the meat.
 will never put a bottle-baby wether in with rams/wethers again.
Hope this doesn't happen in your case.  Maybe ewes aren't  murderers.  I
hink in my case, the other sheep could sense that there was something very
ifferent about this wether.  Being a bottle baby and in close contact with
umans made him different.  In your case, I don't know why the ewes are
ggressive towards the one ewe.  I just hope it doesn't end up tragically. 
 am interested in finding out what happens.  Could ewes act the same way
s these rams/wethers??   
Cathy
oscow, Idaho

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