Dorper/Blackbelly Ram -PICTURES!!

[Parsnip]

Pfffft, I hope Buttercup likes that ragged, just rolled out of bed look that the ladies have right now.
Pax is shedding like none other, she's so itchy and there are clumps of hair stuck in the fencing.
The weather has been lovely the past two weeks or so. It looks like Pax might shed out completely clean?

I also put a purple collar on her... to make her look pretty for the ram hahaha

 

[Parsnip]

WELL Buttercup has reached the end of his days I think.

Yesterday he was chasing after Diana inside the barn, and then he kept head-butting her into the ground, and doing his thing with her.
He was standing over her and wouldn't let her get up. Diana was trying to scrabble away and was yelling, but he kept knocking her down and smashing her against the barn wall and the ground.
I separated the two, and left Buttercup with Pax, whom he was not paying attention to.
BUTTERCUP GOT SO ANGRY.
He was backing up and ramming the gate, and then he started backing up and ramming into Pax.
GUH.
Today he's no better. He's being really violent with the girls, and my dad was worried he'd really hurt one of the ewes. SO it's butcher day.

 

[alsea1]

Gosh. That's a bummer.
Are you guys going to butcher him?
I sure wish it had worked out better.

 

[Parsnip]

I KNOW. Good thing he was under $100.... bah
I was really wanting to keep him but honestly, he was hurting Diana and Pax. That scared me so bad...
He literally would not let Diana get up.... she was making the most horrible screaming noise.. UGH Hate to think about that! Pax has a scrape on her leg from being thrown into the gravel by Buttercup.
Cleaned the scrape and she's alright now.
Any offspring of Buttercup's will be wether lambs, lol NO rams out of him.

He is already hanging.
First time for Pa and I, so we looked through LOTS of pictures on what to do and how to do.
Plus Pa has seen deer being cleaned before, so he assumed it was sort of the same.
I'd say not too shabby for the first time doing this sort of thing
I bet he'll be mostly stew meat, due to a few accidental cuts into his shoulder meat oops
Pa kept the head, and tied it to a tree WAY on the edge of our property.
So the birds and bugs can pick at it and maybe by summer or fall next year, he can take it down and bleach it or something. WHO KNOWS.

Also dang he was incredibly heavy.

 

[alsea1]

Sounds like you guys did just fine.
I wouldn't worry too much about a few cuts here and there.
He will taste great. Our Rambo was around seven or so and he is very good tasting and the steaks are very good.
Is Wendy or Mary Ellen by any chance in heat?
I got to thinking that possibly if they are that might explain Buttercups behavior a bit. Rams are all testosterone for the most part and not too bright. LOL
So far Zip is pretty timid. I plan to try and keep it that way.