The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Crazyboutdaanimals on April 13, 2012, 10:29:15 pm
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do normal lambs wag their tail like a dog when being feed, one of my lambs does, but the other 10 wag theirs randomly like what you see in the field in the lambs we've had this yr and last yr i have never seen it ???
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I've got ewes that wag their tails
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Our lambs certainly waggle their tails when feeding and in fact it's a fair sign that they are 'latched on' when newborn - not definite as they seem to do it out of hopefulness too.
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Yes, I think they often do it from hopefulness too.
But my first little tup lamb this year wags his tail quite a bit :) Some sheep do it to scatter their poo (as do hippopotami :D)
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Yes ours all do it while feeding. how else can they express happiness ?
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Yes, mine wag when they are thinking of a suckle and when they are latched on.
The ewes wag theirs when its lifted and they have had a poo!!! Spent far too much time staring at sheeps bottoms lately so I know ;D ::)
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In the hills, You really must get out more........
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;D ;D ;D
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If you really want to see fast wagging tails then I have seen nothing like primitives feeding. One of my Shetlands produces lambs with tails that wag so fast when feeding all you can see is a blur. It fascinates me which I guess means I should get out more as well ;D
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Yes, I think they often do it from hopefulness too.
But my first little tup lamb this year wags his tail quite a bit :) Some sheep do it to scatter their poo (as do hippopotami :D)
;D ;D Fortunately sheep are less efficient at that than hippos 8)
As for all you bum watchers - what could be better on a sunny day :sheep: :sheep: :D
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one of our lambs wags it like a dog, the others are more like a random wiggle, i love watching there tails wag it tends to make me laugh... ???
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I love watch ing the young lambs....they are so random....Why do they get so boring when they grow up? (Well definatly a LOT less interesting!)
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Why do they get so boring when they grow up? (Well definatly a LOT less interesting!)
i agree... at least they have a little fight in them when there young, as they get older they seem to try and find more ways to... well fill there life long wish
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Just watched mine go dashing down the hill. One sprang off the ground and twisted in the air ....... that was the ewe and not the lamb! We did laugh.
Get some decent sheep ;D ;D ;D ....... many things these girls maybe but not boring.
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Yesterday I watched our firstborn lamb Ace, who's a couple of weeks old, skipping and leaping and proinging along, followed by a shearling ewe who was skipping and leaping and proinging along, followed by our now 17 year old ewe who was skipping and leaping and proinging along ;D ;D Where's the boring 8) :sheep:
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;D ;D ;D
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Yesterday I watched our firstborn lamb Ace, who's a couple of weeks old, skipping and leaping and proinging along, followed by a shearling ewe who was skipping and leaping and proinging along, followed by our now 17 year old ewe who was skipping and leaping and proinging along ;D ;D Where's the boring 8) :sheep:
now theres some ewes i would love to see
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Some days I seem to carry my camera around all day and all I see is the back ends of my flock, but as soon as I leave the camera somewhere they all start being interesting. Like those old Kit-Kat adverts ;D
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Some sheep do wag their tails or in my 'Herdys' case her 'stumpy tail' especially when I rub under her chin/ears and scratch her back. She nearly 'comatose' with delight at the gently rub, come up and asks 'with a wag of her tail' to be fussed with. she had twin lambs this year - one ram lamb, in-dependant little *od who doesn't like to be touch but the little ewe lamb does the same as her mum and 'wags' her tail when having her chin rubbed. I run my hand down her front legs so she will get used to me picking them up when I will need to trim them later on. She also likes her back gently scratched like her mum. :sheep:
None of my other girls do it.
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What a sweetie :)
I would have to keep the ewe lamb ;D
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What a sweetie :)
I would have to keep the ewe lamb ;D
I think so too. ;D ;D Can't part with her now, that's the trouble with lambs you want to keep them all...
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I've a mixed bunch of shetland colours - now a year old and for some reason the black ones ping more than the rest - just another thing to add to the mix :D :D
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Most of my lambs wag their tails when feeding, some of the older sheep also do the same when I scratch them near the tail, as do my rams! Perhaps it's a pleasure thing :)