The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Big Benny Shep on January 20, 2013, 10:22:36 pm
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I came back from a family meal today and as i drove past one of my fields i noticed my best texel tup was red not white! :sheep:
The suffolk obviously fancied starting a race war as him and his 2 suffolk x texel mates had battered poor "Purple Tags" (you'll never guess how we came up with that name) knocked a bit of his horny butting bit on the top of his head off.
there was blood everywhere!
all over the snow and the gate! :o
we rushed him to the emergency vet and got him cleaned up and courtorised the wound, and he's now happy inside the barn all snug and warm (if a little pink faced)
Ive been involved in sheep farming all my life and never seen a tup fight this bad!
all this happened between 11 am and 2pm today. just when you think they will be nice and settled they go do this!
i hope everyone elses sheep have more sense than mine
For sheep every day is full of opportunitys to find the most obscurest ways to die ::)
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Glad you got him sorted. Must have been a shocking site :o
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Horn wounds do bleed like buggery. Glad you got him sorted.
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Horn wounds do bleed like buggery.
i am going to sit in the naughty corner.
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And so you should!!
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well dont blame me - you could have said 'horn wounds bleed a lot' or 'bleed profusely' or 'cause excessive bleeding'
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In the olden days, when I was a girl, they used to stuff the bleeding horn, with cobwebs .......stopping it bleeding. My two smaller billy goats have a battle now and again, and I have had some pools of blood in the field, but thankfully after bathing it and keeping pressure on the wound it did stop.
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I could but I didn't think there were such dirty wicked people on this lovely site.
That's a lie. I KNOW there are lots of them.
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thanks :thumbsup:
Just been to check on him tonight, he's well happy he's inside in the warm ;D
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In the olden days, when I was a girl, they used to stuff the bleeding horn, with cobwebs .......stopping it bleeding. My two smaller billy goats have a battle now and again, and I have had some pools of blood in the field, but thankfully after bathing it and keeping pressure on the wound it did stop.
Cornflour does the same thing, I got told by Ballingal. Great for goat kids after disbudding skirmishes!
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thanks :thumbsup:
Just been to check on him tonight, he's well happy he's inside in the warm ;D
Glad to hear he's OK. They just never learn do they :innocent: . Mine will be quite happy for several weeks and then one of 'em will decide "hang on a minute, who the hell are you" and off they go again - stupid idiots :roflanim: .
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turmeric is a natural clotting agent and is mildly disinfectant. hth.
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Big daft lumps!
Glad he's ok and enjoying being in the warm for the night :D
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im well prepared ifit happens again ;D thanks to you guys, he's still inside as there is still 4 inch of snow in the field, so he's better off there for now
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I recommend keeping SBF (Stops Bleeding Fast)spray from Fearing, or the human equivalent from a chemist, in the vet kit. They really do work.