O/T the ram is a keeper

jason, NW Ontario · Mar 3, 2012

The ewes have no history of giving twins, but the first ewe safely had a pair of lambs sometime in the night. We're giving credit to the ram. It's brutal cold here today, but Maaa is looking after the wee ones like a champ.
Here's hoping that the other pregnant ewe has twins also - then the ram will live around here to a ripe old age.
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rrlund · Mar 3, 2012

Reminds me of a story I was reading one time by a salesman who used to write a short column in a monthly farm trader paper. He was telling about some guy who paid a small fortune for a ram. He was so proud of that thing,telling everybody about the lambs he was going to get out of it. He put it in with 22 ewes. When he checked the next morning,the ram was laying there dead as a doornail. He didn't have the money to buy another one and thought he was out of luck. Everybody he'd bragged to was razzing him about his expensive ram. Well,come time for the ewes to lamb,21 out of the 22 lambed alright. The old boy had killed himself doing his job.

Russ from MN · Mar 3, 2012

I don't know anything about raising sheep, but what are the odds that 22 ewes would all be in heat the same day? Do all the males have horns like that? My dad used to raise sheep, but it was way before my time and he's been gone 19 years.

Tx Jim · Mar 3, 2012

(quoted from post at 14:44:46 03/03/12) Reminds me of a story I was reading one time by a salesman who used to write a short column in a monthly farm trader paper. He was telling about some guy who paid a small fortune for a ram. He was so proud of that thing,telling everybody about the lambs he was going to get out of it. He put it in with 22 ewes. When he checked the next morning,the ram was laying there dead as a doornail. He didn't have the money to buy another one and thought he was out of luck. Everybody he'd bragged to was razzing him about his expensive ram. Well,come time for the ewes to lamb,21 out of the 22 lambed alright. The old boy had killed himself doing his job.

After studying animal husbandry in high school & college I find that story very difficult to believe especially without the aid of synchronization drugs for the "21 ewes". I think we must consider the author of your story which was a "A SALESMAN".

Fawteen · Mar 3, 2012

Handsome critter!

I have 4 ewes and a ram and I got 2 sets of twins, a set of triplets and a single this year.

What breed are your sheep?

ohiojim · Mar 3, 2012

give the credit to the ewes...they determine the number, ram determines male or female

jason, NW Ontario · Mar 3, 2012

Katahdin, both mom and dad.

jason, NW Ontario · Mar 4, 2012

This is the only ram we've had - we're just starting out. Not sure if they're all horned or not.

O/T the ram is a keeper

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