The ram that wouldn't

pj9999

Not in the farming business myself, but this was tale was related to me by a reliable source.

At no small cost, Jacky, a sheep farmer in West Cork purchased a prize ram to impregnate his flock.
No time to be wasted he introduced the ram to his ewes the next day. After a week the ram had shown very little interest in the ladies - Jacky wasn’t worried - all good things take time. Another week passed… still no interest… hmmm thinks Jacky… somethings up here. A week later, and still no sign of romance Jacky resigned himself that the stud was a dud, and at considerable expense he went and purchased a replacement.

Again the new lad was released into the flock without delay. Well when the first ram say the newcomer, his blood boileth over. The head went down biy, and he charged for the new fellow with all his might. Of course the newcomer put the head down too and tore off to meet the challenge. Rumour has it that the head on collision of the two beasts had a combined speed of 50mph and the crack of skulls was heard as far away as Ballydehob.

Poor Jacky could but look on in horror.
His two great hopes were killed instantly.

wrangler

pj9999 wrote: »

Not in the farming business myself, but this was tale was related to me by a reliable source.

At no small cost, Jacky, a sheep farmer in West Cork purchased a prize ram to impregnate his flock.
No time to be wasted he introduced the ram to his ewes the next day. After a week the ram had shown very little interest in the ladies - Jacky wasn’t worried - all good things take time. Another week passed… still no interest… hmmm thinks Jacky… somethings up here. A week later, and still no sign of romance Jacky resigned himself that the stud was a dud, and at considerable expense he went and purchased a replacement.

Again the new lad was released into the flock without delay. Well when the first ram say the newcomer, his blood boileth over. The head went down biy, and he charged for the new fellow with all his might. Of course the newcomer put the head down too and tore off to meet the challenge. Rumour has it that the head on collision of the two beasts had a combined speed of 50mph and the crack of skulls was heard as far away as Ballydehob.

Poor Jacky could but look on in horror.
His two great hopes were killed instantly.

He should've known that rams always fight, expensive lesson

gozunda

I may be imagining it - but someone here related a similar story not that long ago afaik ...

I'll see if I can find it ...

Say my name

Not a happy ending then.

Albert Johnson

A neighbor bought a Cheviot ram in Manorhamilton years back for £200 at the time. He brought home the ram and turned him out with a bundle of ewes and a ram lamb. The Cheviot ram proceeded to take no interest in the ewes but killed the lamb within minutes and jumped a wire fence into an adjoining flock and again killed the ram with them before heading in search of further conflict. This cycle continued for nearly 2 days before he finally failed to cross a fence breaking one of his hind legs in the process and having to be humanly dispatched. His new owner was left with an expensive right off, no ewes tipped and the locality was short 5 rams killed in action, seemingly in all facet's of the animal kingdom​ there's both lover's and fighters.

Siamsa Sessions

wrangler wrote: »

He should've known that rams always fight, expensive lesson

You introduce new rams by putting them into an enclosed space with the current ram, I think?

And then they get used to each other’s smell?

Will be bringing in two new rams in the coming weeks and the current Charollais is a lively lad.

Any other tips on how to stop them fighting?

Muckit

Say my name wrote: »

Not a happy ending then.

Not this time perhaps, but why do you think the farmer was called "jacky"?

wrangler

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

You introduce new rams by putting them into an enclosed space with the current ram, I think?

And then they get used to each other’s smell?

Will be bringing in two new rams in the coming weeks and the current Charollais is a lively lad.

Any other tips on how to stop them fighting?

They'll still fight but putting them in a small space/trailer stops them getting up speed with a puck. They still have to fight, the aim is to stop them killing each other, we had rams here that had to be confined for two days when introducing new rams, even with ram lambs even though older rams are not supposed to fight with lambs

Say my name

Muckit wrote: »

Not this time perhaps, but why do you think the farmer was called "jacky"?

Cos his last name was Healy Rae.

Donald Trump

Say my name wrote: »

Muckit wrote: »

Say my name wrote: »

Not a happy ending then.

Not this time perhaps, but why do you think the farmer was called "jacky"?

Cos his last name was Healy Rae.

Then there was the fella that always managed a happy ending to his stories. His name was similar - Jack Gough

ganmo

The thud from 2 rams skulls coming together is not a happy sound

davidk1394

ganmo wrote: »

The thud from 2 rams skulls coming together is not a happy sound

Did you ever see the video of the ram knocking out the cow ? Some crack when they both collided