Uncomfortable Ram

Uncomfortable Ram

Much better now!

Walking back from the hay paddock.  Good exercise and there was no point bringing the baler and rake back when it would be needed again there the next day, I came across a rather uncomfortable ram.  He was cast.  Flat on his back in a little dip beside the fence, and there was no way he would have gotten up by himself.  One of the worst things to happen when the sheep get cast is that the Black back Seagulls seem to have sixth sense and zoom in on the helpless.  And the gulls just love to peck out sheeps eyes.  Fortunately not so many gulls around at the moment and he was lucky.  In spring just before lambing when the ewes have almost a full fleece of wool on, and they are full of lambs they get cast regularly so you have to get to them quickly.  We go around every day then to stand any cast ones up.  The wool is so thick it flattens out and they just can't get themselves back on their feet.