Segregation in sheep?!?!?

[Farmercharliesblog]

Lately I have noticed something horrible in sheep at the sheep farm I work at. The sheep are segregating each other. The white sheep are on the top of the ladder, while black sheep are second on the ladder, gray sheep are third on the ladder, while multi color sheep are on the bottom. The dogs give the top of the ladder freedom while it gets worse the lower you go. I can’t believe this is happening.

 

[Baymule]

Chickens do the same thing. Ever heard the old saying, Birds of a feather flock together?

 

[Farmercharliesblog]

Yeah but wow! I never knew what it ment!

 

[Finnie]

Lately I have noticed something horrible in sheep at the sheep farm I work at. The sheep are segregating each other. The white sheep are on the top of the ladder, while black sheep are second on the ladder, gray sheep are third on the ladder, while multi color sheep are on the bottom. The dogs give the top of the ladder freedom while it gets worse the lower you go. I can’t believe this is happening.

There is nothing horrible about this.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Family groups will also hang together. I've got does that bed down every night with several generations of their daughters.

 

[Farmercharliesblog]

There is nothing horrible about this.

I trust when you say there is nothing horrible about this. I would also like to share how a black mother had 2 baby’s. One black one white. She disposes the white one and left it to die in the cold. I would understand if it was sick or something but he is perfectly healthy.

 

[Mini Horses]

Family groups will also hang together. I've got does that bed down every night with several generations of their daughters.

Same here. They also share feed more graciously with family, etc. As to color preference of young, occasionally I've had that but it's seldom.

 

[Baymule]

I have a chocolate brown ewe with a white heart on her side. She had a white ram and a chocolate ram with a white heart spot on his side. She wasn’t sure the white one was hers. I penned her and tried to get the little guy up to her udder but she kept backing away. The brown ram had already fed, warm, full and sleepy. I fed her, while she ate, I got him to latch on and he went to town. He was hungry! I had to help him several more times for him to gain strength and for her to accept him.

 

[secuono]

Were they recently introduced from separate color based flocks?
Doesn't make sense for it to be a random, sudden occurrence if they've been living mixed for a long time.

 

[Farmercharliesblog]

No. They have all been together saince the farm opened