Battering ram A cautionary tale

[Blue Sky]

One of my ewes went into heat early and a young ram bashed her hard amidship to interupt the herd sires mating. She died shortly after. I assume internal injuries but wonder if there was anything I could have done besides separate everyone earlier. She went over on her side stayed stiff for ? 30 seconds then walked away, laid down and died. I had her lambs w her hoping she'd hang on but both abandoned her. In ten years I've only had this happen one other time. And little "Buster" is for sale.

 

[Pamela]

How terrible!

 

[HoneyDreameMomma]

So sorry to hear you lost your ewe! We have one of our goat bucks that tends to be a bit of a battering ram and with all of our does pregnant, he slammed into a few and feeding time, and now he's up for sale too.

 

[Baymule]

I believe little "Buster" would be lamb chops and the battering ram buck would be goat-burger. Why sell and pass on a problem animal? I sure wouldn't want to be the buyer. If this is offensive, sorry, but I sure wouldn't want to sell an animal like that. Reputation is everything, selling a problem animal could cost you lost sales in the future. Plus, I would feel horrible if I knew the ram/buck was bad and he went to his new home and did the same thing. If it was my ewe that died, I would have shot the little Ba$t*rd myself and he would be in my freezer.

 

[norseofcourse]

Wow, so sorry to hear about this I can't think of anything beside separate, that you could have done. What breed of sheep is it? How old were her lambs?

 

[Latestarter]

Sorry you lost the ewe. Also sorry, but I have to agree with Baymule on this one... Why would you sell a problem animal to someone else, who may be even less knowledgeable/experienced than you and potentially place them and theirs into a bad situation? I'm thinking chops and roasts.

 

[Sheepshape]

Oh how sad. Try to learn from the experience,but don't beat yourself up.....unfortunately these things happen. Don't sell him on as Baymule and Latestarter have said....in addition to their wise comments, what if he attacked a person, say a child, in his new setting. Once a ram learns that aggression is a way of imposing himself, he generally will stop at nothing, AND the trait could be passed to male offspring.

I have just had the experiences of a precocious 4 month old ram lamb fathering twins and a ram of mine who attacked a borrowed (now purchased) ram of my neighbour, causing concussion and loss of any eye.

The first experience says remove the ram lambs earlier, the second has already been acted on, and vicious ram has gone for slaughter. Meanwhile my huge, but placid ram with one eye is in with my ewes expecting single lambs in the very near future. He shows no aggressive signs whatever.

 

[goats&moregoats]

I believe little "Buster" would be lamb chops and the battering ram buck would be goat-burger. Why sell and pass on a problem animal? I sure wouldn't want to be the buyer. If this is offensive, sorry, but I sure wouldn't want to sell an animal like that. Reputation is everything, selling a problem animal could cost you lost sales in the future. Plus, I would feel horrible if I knew the ram/buck was bad and he went to his new home and did the same thing. If it was my ewe that died, I would have shot the little Ba$t*rd myself and he would be in my freezer.

I have a ram that I tend to...The lady who owns the property where I keep my animals. He needs to become freezer meat and she is all...no you can't kill my Ram! That being said, I am trying to convince her that "a farmer would very much like him", she is going to be away for a week. Hoping I can convince her by then. Otherwise I have to wait until she forgets she has him. Unfortunately she has alzheimer's, but in this instants it will eventually help.

Because he is a problem animal, I do not want to sell him. He needs to go soon!

 

[Blue Sky]

I should have added for sale for meat.

 

[Baymule]

I should have added for sale for meat.

Oops. I guess is stuck my foot in my mouth....or would that be sticking my foot in my fingers? Forgive me.