Since then it had grown back, unfortunately now pushing into his head above his eye.So when my ever so helpful husband came home from work today I asked him to get out the saw.
Off course he was delighted upon the chance of cutting a sheep's horn instead of relaxing on the coach with glass of pineapple juice (well yes, he does prefer the juice over a cold beer)!
So while he looked for a saw I put a halter on the ram, tied him to the fence and pinned him in the corner. My only question wa
s: would this turn into a bleeding mess?
s: would this turn into a bleeding mess? There are no nerves in the horns, so no pain for the little guy translated into no struggles. At least not for him, it was a bit different for my better half. He did not feel all that comfortable performing the procedure. But, eventually off came an inch or so of horn and not a drop of blood.
Happy ram, happy me, happy husband - Happy End!
On the way to the house I found 7 eggs in the hen house. The chickens are in their yearly molt, were they are changing their entire feather costume. This takes a lot of energy, and translates into no eggs. 7 eggs means we are going uphill again and eggs for breakfast tomorrow!
3 comments:
I'm sure your ram is very pleased at not having the horn pressing into his skull - how often will hubby have to carry this operation out?
I think if we take another inch off the ram should be allright for a couple of years. This is just a guess, and he might prove me wrong next year....
Now that's team work! Well done. I think spring might be upon us. Now there is only about 3' of packed snow to melt. I keep straw spread around on top so it isn't bad when melting. So far so good. If this weather continues we should see more signs of spring. I am getting impatient and want to come to Montana and pick up my new girls.
This past Sunday we were surprised with a newbie....a little black girl. Our first baby girl. The vet said he was 90% sure the mother wasn't pregnant so we gave up the watch. I named her Serendipity which is very fitting since she was unexpected and quite the pleasant surprise.
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