BlueMoonFarms
True BYH Addict
I have two rams, one Shetland and one Jacobs. Neither are aggressive to us yet, they are both a year and a half old and have never had a problem before. This is Crackers first breeding season, Dominic's second.
The two of them were reintroduced to each other today and I made the mistake of not putting them in a tiny little pen, instead allowing them to run about the pasture.
Dominic, the Shetland, did not take kindly to Crackers, the Jacobs.
They slammed together in the most impressive fight ever. We actually couldn't separate them at first which is the beginning of my first question.
-If the rams are going at, what is a safe and effective way to separate them?
Now continuing the story...
They fought, we waited for an opportunity to nab one and separate them, when Crackers submitted and ran away from Dominic. Turned out he was injured but that's for another post....
We gave chase once we realized that Crackers was running from Dominic and finally was able to catch the both of them.
I read online from Lavender fleece's website how to properly reintroduce rams. We sprayed them both with my husbands cologne on the nose, testicles and crotch, healed up Crackers injuries, and then put them both in my goats little kidding pen with a hay bale in the very middle so they can only stand up and move around as well as being unable to slam heads.
Its been about...12-13 hours now and Dominic is still pawing at Crackers a little. I purchased a ram shield for Dominic so he wont be able to harm Crackers anymore. I hope anyway...
I'm not expecting them to adore each other, but is their anything else i can do to help get Dominic to coexist with Crackers again?
Any advise will be greatly appreciated.
The two of them were reintroduced to each other today and I made the mistake of not putting them in a tiny little pen, instead allowing them to run about the pasture.
Dominic, the Shetland, did not take kindly to Crackers, the Jacobs.
They slammed together in the most impressive fight ever. We actually couldn't separate them at first which is the beginning of my first question.
-If the rams are going at, what is a safe and effective way to separate them?
Now continuing the story...
They fought, we waited for an opportunity to nab one and separate them, when Crackers submitted and ran away from Dominic. Turned out he was injured but that's for another post....
We gave chase once we realized that Crackers was running from Dominic and finally was able to catch the both of them.
I read online from Lavender fleece's website how to properly reintroduce rams. We sprayed them both with my husbands cologne on the nose, testicles and crotch, healed up Crackers injuries, and then put them both in my goats little kidding pen with a hay bale in the very middle so they can only stand up and move around as well as being unable to slam heads.
Its been about...12-13 hours now and Dominic is still pawing at Crackers a little. I purchased a ram shield for Dominic so he wont be able to harm Crackers anymore. I hope anyway...
I'm not expecting them to adore each other, but is their anything else i can do to help get Dominic to coexist with Crackers again?
Any advise will be greatly appreciated.