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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Fishyhaddock on November 06, 2014, 10:40:13 pm

Title: Ram blues
Post by: Fishyhaddock on November 06, 2014, 10:40:13 pm

Another lesson for us today.
Woke up this morning to find our rig / tup lamb dead.
In the neighbouring field the 2 yr old Suffolk tup carries on with his business.
It appears that they have fought through the fence and the little one came off worse for wear with a broken neck presumably.
We should not have put them in adjacent fields.
Thought I would share just in case anyone else is about to make the same mistake we did.
Fishy.

Title: Re: Ram blues
Post by: Bionic on November 07, 2014, 09:00:58 am

Awww, very sorry to hear that.  :hug:

Title: Re: Ram blues
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 07, 2014, 10:31:13 am

The same thing happened to me a couple of years ago, but he was an aggressive ram. Thankfully he got them all in lamb. Am so sorry to hear about that, have you got a backup ram and what breed was he?

Title: Re: Ram blues
Post by: Fishyhaddock on November 07, 2014, 07:57:47 pm

Hi, Yes we have another ram in a field well away from the Suffolk! Didn't think the rig would show ram tendencies as bottle fed and tame with us. How wrong can you be! :-\

Title: Re: Ram blues
Post by: kelly58 on November 07, 2014, 08:04:35 pm

So sorry fishy  :'(  had  trouble with my tups last year so distressing.

Title: Re: Ram blues
Post by: Jukes Mum on November 07, 2014, 08:45:31 pm

How awful for you! My thoughts are with you x