[Big Benny Shep]

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!


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!


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

[Mammyshaz]

Glad you got him sorted. Must have been a shocking site 

[Pedwardine]

Horn wounds do bleed like buggery. Glad you got him sorted.

[the great composto]

Horn wounds do bleed like buggery.

i am going to sit in the naughty corner.

[Pedwardine]

And so you should!!

[the great composto]

well dont blame me - you could have said 'horn wounds bleed a lot'  or 'bleed profusely' or 'cause excessive bleeding' 

[Roxy]

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.

[Pedwardine]

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.

[Big Benny Shep]

thanks 


Just been to check on him tonight, he's well happy he's inside in the warm 

[Anke]

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!

[Blinkers]

thanks 


Just been to check on him tonight, he's well happy he's inside in the warm 

Glad to hear he's OK.   They just never learn do they  .    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  .

[deepinthewoods]

turmeric is a natural clotting agent and is mildly disinfectant. hth.

[jaykay]

Big daft lumps!
Glad he's ok and enjoying being in the warm for the night 

[Big Benny Shep]

im well prepared ifit happens again    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

[Marches Farmer]

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.