I love Jacobs!!
Yeah, I know nada about sheep.
I know exactly what you mean. And I know it's hard. You're doing a good job thru it all.Bridgemoof said:I hear you Strawhat. If I thought he was in pain I would let him go, but he doesn't seem to be really suffering. He just can't get up. I know that's a kind of suffering, but it's not a painful suffering. You know what I mean? He seems so alert and is eating and talking...it just seems terrible to kill him because he can't walk. I dunno....
I put my 14 year old husky Baleine down about a year ago because she couldn't get up anymore. But she seemed really miserable and I felt it was her time. She had lived a long, happy life and I didn't feel bad to do it. But Beastie is so young....it's just so sad.
Sorry about Beastie. We had to put a doe down last year and it was tough.
It's really sturdy, it's going to be great! Plus it gives the sheep an extra place to get out of the rain. The only thing that's still missing is a roof...so it's pretty worthless right now, but it's well on it's way. All the support beams are in place. Tim got all the wood for free from various places. He's a great scavenger! We are putting the shelter in the back of the barn and backfilling it with dirt because it's kind of washing away back there. There are many rat holes in the stalls and the dirt is just washing out the back. So Tim made a retaining wall from FREE telephone poles he picked up. He filled it with dirt with the tractor. Much better!
Well, maybe not the WORST. Broody started squawking and we realized the chick had gone into one of the holes in the back of the barn. We thought it just went up there for a second, but it didn't come out and broody was having a fit! I ran around to the front of the stable and went inside. NO chick! I went into the stall where the pig was and the rat holes were covered up with a bunch of hay. No chick! I begrudgingly stuck my hand down the rat hole, but NO CHICK. Inkabod our dog came running out of the first stall, but no chick! I listened against the wall to see if I could hear a peep peep peep. Not a sound. OMG the chick just silently disappeared into the rat hole never to be seen again 
Broody waited around for a while, then went about her merry way, probably to go find some more eggs to sit on because that's what she likes to do best. Isn't that sad?
I know it is going to be hard for you to let Beastie go but it is for the best. I'd be tempted to send him for a necropsy as Southern suggested. Maybe they could give you an answer as why this happened to him. 
You did the best you could for him.
haha That's funny. About how much. Actually, while Americans do not eat much goat compared to other countries around the world, we import more goat than any country in the world. We are unable to meet the demand for goat. Luckily meat goats are the largest growing area of livestock right now.
