[Jacob-list] Couple of Tips

[tim koenig]

Thanks for posting this.  It coincides with everything I had to learn
(the hard way) on my own over the years.

I've only had one, very aggressive, ram, out of a cast of twenty or so
over the years. He would charge from behind.  I'm 230 lbs. and he was
almost too big for me to put on his side. So, I bought a bright yellow
cattle prod and started carrying it when in the pen or field with him.
When he started acting aggressive, (dropping his head, stamping his
feet, false charging, etc.) I would wave the prod in his direction.
The next time he decided to follow through, I tickled him on the nose.
YIPE!! He instantly backed of shaking his head. He only tried me twice
more, over a period of a couple weeks. After that I carried the prod
another month or so, then started carrying a 18" piece of yellow
broomstick on my belt. He never made another threat toward me...or
ANYONE ELSE carrying a piece of the broomstick.

Interestingly, the younger rams saw his behavior, and imitated it even
though they would come to the fence and wait for back scratches.

Thanks for posting this page. I'll be keeping it on file to give to
any future ram buyers.

Tim Koenig
Applegarth Farm



On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:59 AM,  <farmgirlarts at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> I had to trim a wether's horns the other day so I put him up on my shearing stand. With his head firmly in place, I used a light duty pair of bolt cutters. With no sawing action used, the wether acted as though nothing was happening at all. I had to hold the cutters against my chest and pull towards me for the thicker part. They worked wonders!

>

> Here is a link to some ram handling information:

> http://www.stonehavenfarm.com/page7/toughlove.html

>

> Best to everyone!

> Laura C Frazier

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