For fecks sake....

Username John

Had a sick sheep, she was pining away with a long time, and nothing I could do to bring her back...
She gave up the ghost yesterday. So I rang the knackery and they came to collect...
Knew it would happen really, and did all I could, so I wasn't too annoyed...

Now - I left her close to the road in a field in the transport box o the tractor and the knackery man collected her when they were passing today... All good...

But I had no tractor this morning to see the rest of the sheep... Said twould be one to leave it til this evening, when the evenings are bright...

And what happened... A bloody hogget (a nice one too) was dead this evening, looks like she might have got her leg caught in electric fence...

The one day I didn't check first thing in the morning...

And I am bloody annoyed about this one...

rancher

Username John wrote: »

Had a sick sheep, she was pining away with a long time, and nothing I could do to bring her back...
She gave up the ghost yesterday. So I rang the knackery and they came to collect...
Knew it would happen really, and did all I could, so I wasn't too annoyed...

Now - I left her close to the road in a field in the transport box o the tractor and the knackery man collected her when they were passing today... All good...

But I had no tractor this morning to see the rest of the sheep... Said twould be one to leave it til this evening, when the evenings are bright...

And what happened... A bloody hogget (a nice one too) was dead this evening, looks like she might have got her leg caught in electric fence...

The one day I didn't check first thing in the morning...

And I am bloody annoyed about this one...

I always imagine a dead one causes another one if you don't get rid of it.....don't they say the same about punctures, they come in three

more pisheogs (sp) I suppose

Username John

rancher wrote: »

I always imagine a dead one causes another one if you don't get rid of it.....don't they say the same about punctures, they come in three

more pisheogs (sp) I suppose

Jesus, I could do without another one...

Ah - it could be a lot worse I know. But just a bit sickening to see...

sea12

Username John wrote: »

Jesus, I could do without another one...

Ah - it could be a lot worse I know. But just a bit sickening to see...

Had she a lamb john?

Username John

sea12 wrote: »

Had she a lamb john?

No, I didnt breed any ewe lambs this year.

jt65

happens us all at some stage

remember a neighbour saying one time you stay with them 24 hours a day & when you turn to make your p"$$, one will decide to go belly up

tom_k

jt65 wrote: »

happens us all at some stage

remember a neighbour saying one time you stay with them 24 hours a day & when you turn to make your p"$$, one will decide to go belly up

True this.

And as an old neighbour of ours used to say about losses, "If you have livestock, you'll have dead stock too."

DK man

I bought a lovely Texal ram last year - a beauty - two years old - three weeks later he was in the trailer stiff and heading for the recycling centre! Horrible feeling and had to get a neighbour in with a front loader to lift him.. Shame as well as

Hope the rest of season goes well for you..

jt65

a neighbour paid about 800 for a Suffolk ram for ped breeding

arrives home backs into shed , lets out his ram and close the gate moves away the jeep and box and the ram makes a dash for the door way and bangs his head off one of the bars , dropped dead on the spot

I usually buy rams in pairs or more but if ever collecting a single always bring a couple of sheep with me to settle him

rancher

jt65 wrote: »

a neighbour paid about 800 for a Suffolk ram for ped breeding

arrives home backs into shed , lets out his ram and close the gate moves away the jeep and box and the ram makes a dash for the door way and bangs his head off one of the bars , dropped dead on the spot

I usually buy rams in pairs or more but if ever collecting a single always bring a couple of sheep with me to settle him

What really sickens me is breeders selling rams that aren't vaccinated....with the stress of being taken from their home and friends (and creep feeder), they are liable to drop any time

Birdnuts

2 years ago I had a ewe carry triplets manage to drown herself in a small pool of water only a few inches deep. It was totally bizarre as she appeared to deliberately get down on her knees and submerge her head. One of the strangest episodes I've experienced with livestock.

AnFeirmeoir

Birdnuts wrote: »

2 years ago I had a ewe carry triplets manage to drown herself in a small pool of water only a few inches deep. It was totally bizarre as she appeared to deliberately get down on her knees and submerge her head. One of the strangest episodes I've experienced with livestock.

LOL . Suicide what next !

rancher

AnFeirmeoir wrote: »

LOL . Suicide what next !

Isn't there a story that Noah brought 100 sheep on to the ark and still only had two when the flood was over

Conmaicne Mara

Birdnuts wrote: »

2 years ago I had a ewe carry triplets manage to drown herself in a small pool of water only a few inches deep. It was totally bizarre as she appeared to deliberately get down on her knees and submerge her head. One of the strangest episodes I've experienced with livestock.

Wonder would she have gone down with milk fever and stumbled into it,or ingested some plant or material that was poisonous, sounds bizarre otherwise.

Conmaicne Mara

rancher wrote: »

Isn't there a story that Noah brought 100 sheep on to the ark and still only had two when the flood was over

Ah stop, Noah certainly was no shepherd so, we used to bring ewes, lambs, and rams out to islands in the currach and never lost one :pac:

J.O. Farmer

AnFeirmeoir wrote: »

LOL . Suicide what next !

We had one that did something similar earlier this year. Suicide was dads verdict too.