Mary Swindell
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:17:49 -0800
William, Ha ha, that is a good story! Probably good that you put her in the truck, too. I have been told (and I have lived to see it come true) that jumping ewes will teach their lambs and other sheep to jump, in any stressful situation. It helps to get rid of the worst of these before they show the others how it is done. Mary Swindell At 03:52 PM 1/25/2008, you wrote: >Message: 2 >Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:47:43 -0800 (PST) >From: william bartlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Jumping Sheep >To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >I think by now you have the answer that these >"critters" really can leap! I was loading up some >young lambs to go to the sale barn one year. I had >some ewes that were VERY skiddish. when I came back >into the barn where I had them one of these ewes met >me. I'm almost 6' foot and caught her by the legs as >she went by my shoulder! Needless to say I just turned >around and put her in the truck too. >--- blueberryfarm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How high can these critters jump? We have had > > severe weather the last > > few days with much thunder and lightning. One young > > ewe (7 months) has > > appeared outside my fence 3 times in the last two > > days (the same ewe on > > each occasion). The last time, there was no weather > > disturbance that > > might have scared her. I walked the entire fence > > and find no holes. > > There is one section of the fence that is only about > > 3 feet high, the > > rest being 5 feet. Do I have a particularly > > athletic ewe? > > > > Jerry > > Picayune, MS _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info