[bazzais]

Yippee - managed to catch two of my three rams today, all trimmed and ready to rock  on entering 'at top field for tupping (shaggy) time - the ladies seem most impressed (although they soon ran away when any action started)

OK so for this evening they are probably still shagging each other and fighting over the other 64 ladies - hopefuly get the third one in tomorrow as the 'distraction'

Loverly watching the boys with their blue harnesses on roaming around clipping the ewes sides with their forelegs - lets get this season rocking - get shagging boys!!

Baz

[Brucklay]

Read the title - my ram lamb last year was called rammy lamby and the ram was called Ding Dong - thought OH had started to post on MY forum!!! 

[andywalt]

when you say you have trimmed them, what have you trimmed? do you trim them around the pizzle?

[bazzais]

Its always a bit of a pizzle- no in honesty I meant their tooties, f*** they were heavy too (again!).

I needed to trim one (pair) of the boys feet cos his trajectory may have been impeded lol.

- And yet again I had to buy another set of foot trimmers in the rush cos I cant find the other ones. (my disorganisation doesnt astound me anymore)

Baz

[bazzais]

I think the first ram lamb of this year of mine will have to be rammy lamby - no-matter what

Baz

[Hazelwood Flock]

My Greyface Dartmoor rams have just finished their 'tour of duty', so barring returns lambing should be wrapped up by 20th feb! I think i'm being a tad optimistic! 

[feldar]

We've been very lucky and sold all our tups this year so had to put our old boy back out with the commercials this year ( We were going to move him on at market cause he is getting on) He's only got one working eye the other had a really bad infection a few years ago and is badly scarred.
Anyway turned him out with a harness on and the old codger is going like the 08.30 express to London.
I think he 'll have them all done soon, he came off the trailer with a glint in his eye and he's usually so laid back; seen- it- all- before attitude ambles after girls. This time he shot up the field a bit wobbly cause he's arthritic and down on his pasterns and he looked like a kid in a sweet shop.
If he dies on the job at least he will die a happy ram!

[SallyintNorth]

Bless!  I had a favourite Texel where we did the same thing, he sired a fantastic final crop of lambs and had a ball.  Only thing was it took him such a long time to regain enough condition for it to be reasonable to send him to the mart...  I did contemplate getting him shot on the farm and saving him the trip to the mart (not supposed to be softies, commercial farmers, but you do get favourites...  ) but at that time I didn't know where I could get a dead cert one hit killing shot.  (I do now - our local hunt kennels do a good and very sympathetic job.)

[mmu]

I really miss not having a hunt kennel.  It was better for everyone, and performed a useful service.

[Hazelwood Flock]

My new shearling ram on a mission.....



....chatting up his ladies!

[SallyintNorth]

great pics 

[Cinderhills]

Wonderful photos. 

[feldar]

He's got that look in his eye!! lovely ram i love their faces

[bazzais]

I bet he was sucking air over his top lip whilst shuddering at some points.

What a wooly bunch with 'bufons' ( hair and not buffons)  you have, I have a one lambkin with such a 'challenged' haircut and she is so so small.


It is nice watching nature prevail at this time of year - rammy is not a 'predator' - but doing his job!

Great photos

Baz

[Hazelwood Flock]

The worst part of keeping these is that the ewes have woolly udders so need trimming before lambing, I would have thought that with the rams having woolly gentlemans' bits it would affect their fertility - but it doesn't seem to.