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Author Topic: Who's the Daddy ?  (Read 4715 times)

shep53

  • Joined Jan 2011
  • Dumfries & Galloway
Re: Who's the Daddy ?
« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2016, 01:08:03 pm »
That is the strangest swale ewe iv'e ever seen and my guess would be that next doors ram is the father .   Either ram would sell at market, the white one is still a lamb so if fat say £1.50 per kg ,  the black one  £20 -£40 as a cull

Marches Farmer

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Herefordshire
Re: Who's the Daddy ?
« Reply #16 on: November 16, 2016, 05:00:34 pm »
But at the moment they stink, presume this would create the meat taint I've heard about?
Oh, yes.

Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Who's the Daddy ?
« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2016, 11:12:41 pm »
But at the moment they stink, presume this would create the meat taint I've heard about?
Oh, yes.
Looks like they'll both have to stay a while then  :(
Does smell ease off in Spring,  like billy goats ?

waterbuffalofarmer

  • Joined Apr 2014
  • Mid Wales
  • Owner of 61 Mediterranean water buffaloes
Re: Who's the Daddy ?
« Reply #18 on: November 17, 2016, 09:53:10 am »
I dont see why not. Rams only smell around tupping time, so anything from spring to summer should be ok, it may be an idea to seperate him in a couple of months, making sure he doesnt stink, and then slaughter him. I would keep him seperate for maybe a couple  of weeks before slaughter in case of smell. The smell is at its strongest now, when he is pumping full of testosterone  :yuck:
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Who's the Daddy ?
« Reply #19 on: November 17, 2016, 05:28:36 pm »
Don't keep him in his own, it's not kind to herd animals.  But you could keep him with a couple of wethers for company.
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