Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Rabbit the Ram

We had some excitement the other day when our ram showed up. His name is Rabbit and we found out that it's probably because he doesn't walk: he hops. Actually, getting him to hop is an improvement over dragging him by his halter a quarter mile to the ewes. We realized that that just wasn't happening and got a great lesson from Josh, the bearer of the ram, in how to flip a sheep over. Sheep become very docile when on their back, a fact that came in handy this weekend when two sheep escaped and we had to tackle them under the guise of giving them grain.

Post ram flip:


Dragging Rabbit:


Giving up on dragging Rabbit and loading him into the truck:


Rabbit securely in the truck, ready for his trip to the ewes:


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