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There's a breed of four horned sheep, the Jacobs. Op has several.
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my cat is norris posted:Does Wander have stripes on his horns?! Yep! Just like his daddy, Ashe.  Vincent Van Goatse posted:How do you get sheep with four horns? I thought they only grew two if they grew any at all. There are a handful of polycerate sheep breeds (and a goat breed) that have a genetic trait giving males and females 4 or more horns. Mine are jacobs which are the most common polycerate sheep breed. Four horns is dominant to two horns so it's pretty easy to breed for.
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Oct 29, 2021 00:59
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Yep! Just like his daddy, Ashe. I don't know how I've never caught that before! The stripe is so handsome.
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Oct 29, 2021 05:17
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Yep! Just like his daddy, Ashe. That's so cool, I had no idea about the stripes!
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Oct 29, 2021 07:27
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Well, looks like it’s going to be a busy spring. 
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Dec 17, 2021 00:03
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Well, looks like it’s going to be a busy spring. 
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Dec 17, 2021 00:14
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Well, looks like it’s going to be a busy spring. Fuuuuuuck yes. Good luck and send pix or it didn't happen!
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Dec 17, 2021 05:49
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Glory to Italia!
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My sister's flock just dropped the first lamb. It's currently -14F at her house. The lamb is ok, though. Looking forward to seeing your reports too!
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Dec 31, 2021 08:37
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how are those sheep
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Feb 8, 2022 22:28
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my cat is norris posted:how are those sheep Big and cranky! We've gotten about 3 feet of snow this winter and the ewes refuse to leave the barn. I'll be sorting them into lambing groups next week and then our first ewe is due on March 7th and the rest due starting March 12th. One of my nice mature rams, Logan, managed to kill himself in a stupid way (thankfully before all the snow) so hopefully his lambs turn out well so I can keep some back.
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Feb 8, 2022 23:01
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Oh, poor Logan! I don't want to go out into this icy snow, either.
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Feb 8, 2022 23:47
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Instant Jellyfish posted:One of my nice mature rams, Logan, managed to kill himself in a stupid way (thankfully before all the snow) so hopefully his lambs turn out well so I can keep some back. Sorry to hear that. How stupid was it if you don't mind sharing?
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Feb 9, 2022 05:17
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One of my old retired ewes got him so worked up he tried to go through the fence and somehow wedged himself between a fence post and the hay feeder. If he had taken a minute to think about things he could have pulled himself out easily but instead he literally flipped out and broke his neck. The ewe was unrepentant.
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Feb 9, 2022 06:13
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Wow that's the dumbest way I've heard of a sheep killing themselves. Usually they play follow the leader and jump off a drat cliff while they're being herded somewhere.
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Feb 9, 2022 07:25
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It’s not the first time I’ve lost a ram to being too hornt up to function. My very first ram got out when my parents were watching the farm overnight, got his horn tangled in some fencing, and broke his neck before they could save him. They ended up needing to saw his horn to get his body out of the fence. I bred away from horns that could get stuck in fencing that way so they came up with a new way. Sheep are not bright creatures but they are very creative when it comes to killing themselves. Honestly it was my fault. The night before it happened I was thinking that I hadn’t unexpectedly lost a sheep since Twofer last year. I should have smacked myself before completing that thought!
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Feb 9, 2022 18:07
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Now that I'm on my computer instead of my phone I can post pictures. He's dead but it's not graphic so hopefully no one is bothered. Logan why  You were my best halter trained ram, why. His horn isn't wrapped around that wire.  I don't know how you wedged that in there but I know you could have gotten it out again. It wasn't hard for me to remove his body.  This is the size of the gap that was there before he jammed his horn in. I could have never predicted someone would get a horn stuck in that. 
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Feb 9, 2022 19:17
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Cripes. Dammit, Logan, you beautiful idiot. So sorry for your loss. He'll survive as a cautionary tale about the dangers of horniness.
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Feb 9, 2022 21:20
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ILL Machina posted:He'll survive as a cautionary tale about the dangers of horniness. if only the other rams could understand... me, personally? i've learned a valuable lesson from this for sure.
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Feb 10, 2022 15:08
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Poor ol' Logan, thought of breeding and died.  That really is a drat shame, he looks like he was a beautiful sheep too.
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Feb 10, 2022 20:33
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He really was a gorgeous ram. He was best mature ram in a virtual show last year and placed decently as a lamb at some in person shows a few years back. He was a ram I could take anywhere because he was very well halter trained and traveled calmly. He was also the only lamb I had from his mom, who was a lovely ewe that developed some weird joint infection and had to be put down before she could be bred a second time. Both of her parents were sold so he was fairly genetically unique in my flock. I bred him to a bunch of ewes so hopefully he gave me something to keep back!
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Feb 10, 2022 21:48
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Hope he left a good legacy and maybe his offspring will have a braincell or two more than he.
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Feb 11, 2022 03:55
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Chaosfeather posted:Hope he left a good legacy and maybe his offspring will have a braincell or two more than he. I have yet to hear tale of a surprisingly smart ram, but I'm very happy to be educated. E: no insult to the op, I giggled too, and also hope for less idiocy. ILL Machina fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Feb 13, 2022 |
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Feb 13, 2022 03:59
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I love all my big dumb rams. They're so handsome! Old man Isadore, he turned 7 on the 12th. Rams don't live nearly as long as ewes, sadly, so he's starting to show his age.  Icy peepers. I've got quite the collection of blue-eyed boys these days. Wander  Souvenir  Serendipity 
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Feb 20, 2022 21:03
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aawwwwww hail satan 
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Feb 20, 2022 22:57
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do you still take visitors at the farm? will there be a shearing day?
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Feb 20, 2022 22:58
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my cat is norris posted:do you still take visitors at the farm? will there be a shearing day? We still welcome visitors! We're working out how to do shearing day safely, although I'm not sure how much it matters when no one else is being safe  We miss having everyone out! I'm doing lamb camp as private one on one sessions this year so it's not just a big group of strangers crammed into my basement. I've also been invited to teach some sheep 101/lambing info classes at a local mead and cider brewery.
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Feb 20, 2022 23:29
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How have things progressed?
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Mar 2, 2022 04:30
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I've started shearing the preggos! I did 8 yesterday and I'll probably do the other 8 on Friday before starting in on the open ewes. Right now it's looking like about half are on target to lamb on the 12th or so and half will probably wait until the next cycle on the 29th. I'm getting so excited! I've got a bunch of people coming out for lamb camp (I'm doing individual sessions so it won't be a big group of people together) so the girls better be prompt.
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Mar 2, 2022 17:22
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Ten days until new babbys!
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Mar 3, 2022 04:19
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Do you have one of these? https://twitter.com/VenenoFx/status/1498844382602092546 If not, why not? If so, can you show us pleeeease.
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Mar 3, 2022 21:13
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ILL Machina posted:Do you have one of these? If I ever have that many bottle babies I'm doing something very wrong! I hate having bottle babies, I don't know how dairy folks do it. When I do have multiple bottle babies at once I just bust out bucket mom, which is a bucket with nipples attached.
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Mar 3, 2022 22:53
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Preggos are all sheared now and nighttime barn checks start tonight. The one early bird is due tomorrow when the weather is supposed to be awful so it's a very tempting time to give birth, but I'm going to be gone all day shearing on Tuesday so she might aim for that instead (my mom is going to come out and check her for me during the day). I've got a pen all set up so that might make her decide to hold it in for a few extra days since I'm prepared. Pregnant ewes are very calculating. One of the lambs tried to bonk me through its mama's belly while I was shearing then flip flopped away when I poked its head  I bet that one is going to be a ram.
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Mar 7, 2022 03:40
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Preggos are all sheared now and nighttime barn checks start tonight. The one early bird is due tomorrow when the weather is supposed to be awful so it's a very tempting time to give birth, but I'm going to be gone all day shearing on Tuesday so she might aim for that instead (my mom is going to come out and check her for me during the day). I've got a pen all set up so that might make her decide to hold it in for a few extra days since I'm prepared. Pregnant ewes are very calculating. I bet they're still gonna find the most inconvenient moment possible just to spite you  .
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Mar 7, 2022 03:55
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Tell us why the preggos need to be sheared?
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She mentioned this at some point but I don't remember when or in which thread; iirc if they're not sheared the mom won't realize that it's loving Cold and will birth the lamb(s) in places where they're more prone to getting chilled (potentially fatally). But if you remove all the wool, sheep mom's actually aware of the cold.
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Mar 7, 2022 10:19
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Tell us why the preggos need to be sheared? Like Clockwork posted:She mentioned this at some point but I don't remember when or in which thread; iirc if they're not sheared the mom won't realize that it's loving Cold and will birth the lamb(s) in places where they're more prone to getting chilled (potentially fatally). But if you remove all the wool, sheep mom's actually aware of the cold. Yeah! Good remembering. That's a part of it, it also makes them eat more before lambing because they're cooler which results in bigger, hardier lambs. It reduces the amount of moisture in the barn which reduces pneumonia risk. It makes it easier for the lambs to find the teats and reduces the risk of them suckling on dirty gross wool and getting sick from it. It's cleaner for the ewe so there's less of a risk of infection for them than if they walked around all goopy for a month until shearing. It also gives you a better wool crop because lambs will jump all over their moms and gently caress up the fleece as well as birth sometimes causing a weak point in the wool. All in all it's a good idea if you can swing it. I've missed years for various reasons and it's not the end of the world but if you can get it done safely before it's a good practice.
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Mar 7, 2022 16:02
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Remember how I was waiting for my one early ewe to lamb? This is not that ewe.  I guess after being last last year, Woodrose was determined to be first this year. She had a cute little ram with a smiley face
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Mar 9, 2022 15:14
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Remember how I was waiting for my one early ewe to lamb? There's some powerful "Mo~om, you're embarrassing meeeEEeee" energy in that ram.
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Mar 9, 2022 15:18
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That facial pattern is adorable.
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His one floppy ear is killing me. It's too cute!  He's I'm's first lamb so good job I'm!
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