Author Topic: Unexpected Accident (Read 5974 times)

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #15 on:** June 21, 2014, 11:02:30 pm »

Maybe it would be worth considering buying a Texel tup lamb in the back end each year, using him then sending him off. That way all your keeping tups would be horned and you wouldn't be mixing unhorned with horned tups.

Big Benny Shep · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2014, 10:04:25 am »

i had asimilar thing with my pure suffolk tup. we have had a lot of "race wars" between the texels and the suffolks with the sufftex picking suffolks side, fortunatly the lleyn keeps out of it as hes a bit light compared to them. i have no idea why they killed the suffolk as hes been boss for a couple of years. bloody sheep find the worst andmost expensive ways to die

feldar · « **Reply #17 on:** June 23, 2014, 09:32:44 am »

My Llanwenog ram is boss of the field, he keeps all the Hampshires in line and gets pick of the feed trough and water butt, they all stand back for him! and he is only half their size.

Brucklay · « **Reply #18 on:** June 23, 2014, 09:42:12 am »

So sorry for the loss of your ram - just horrid. I hate it after shearing when the ewes all fight and the lambs go crazy screaming for their mum who is actually standing next to them!!

I keep my tup's separate and was in the lucky position to sell my Castlemilk tup in December so no chance of fighting this year as the Shetland is clearly boss.

Think SITN has a good plan

ScotsGirl · « **Reply #19 on:** June 23, 2014, 01:30:57 pm »

Really sorry to hear this. I also have racial wars here. My 2 black welsh beat my huge Suffolk to a pulp. He is a big cuddly bear and tries to run away but they chase him round the field. I thought they'd killed him a few months ago. I will have to split but struggling with space. The sooner I sell one of the blacks the better!