Damnit.

"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2) 04/27/2020 at 19:37 • Filed to: Sheeplopnik, Farmlopnick

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It’s always the biggest, strongest, fattest, most promising lambs...

Had to euthanize one today. I’m not sure WHAT exactly he did, but I found him flailing on the ground next the fence, paralyzed below the shoulders... no movement in the tail or hind legs and no pain response. :P N ot sure sure how, but he broke his back... had to shoot him. He was probably close to 60lbs already, and beefy and handsome. We had some buyers interested in him for breeding, and even if they decided not to buy him, at his current growth rate he was set to be a profitable carcass.

Poop.

At least I’m really good at hitting the brain on the fir st try now...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/27/2020 at 19:51

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That's. . . worrying. Better do a careful inspection for sharp fence bits and other hazards, but seems like a freak thing. Too bad.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 04/27/2020 at 20:04

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Yeah, nothing obvious. He might have kicked up right next to it and got his foot c a ught in it or something.... I mean, he might also have pissed off a ewe who wasn’t his mother and gotten rammed into the fence by her... the barn cameras don’t cover the loafing yard, so I have only what I found to go on.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/27/2020 at 20:07

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I’m sorry, that sucks. 

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Snuze: Needs another Swede 04/27/2020 at 20:16

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yeah it does. At least he wasn’t one of the really cute, friendly ones...

Chariotoflove > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/27/2020 at 20:17

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Big, strong, and dumb often leads to injury, but then again freak stuff happens that no one can predict. We had a giraffe baby born to our zoo a few years back. It was a huge to do, and everyone celebrated.  Then, a few weeks in, he just slipped while cavorting in his pen and broke his neck.  Died right there. That kind of death always makes me sad in whatever animal.

functionoverfashion > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/27/2020 at 20:21

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That sucks, sorry.

But I am also reminded of a saying I learned from my mother, who grew up on a dairy farm, explaining the level of intelligence of a sheep. “If there are 100 horses in field during a thunderstorm, and one sheep, the sheep will get struck by lightning, twice, before any horse gets hit.” It doesn’t even make sense, but I found it both amusing and memorable, apparently. 

dumpsterfire! > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/27/2020 at 20:35

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Oh, I'm sorry. I love seeing the new lambs.

Nom De Plume > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/27/2020 at 21:12

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I’m leaning towards the pissed off another much larger sheep explanation. Or doing  the deed himself.  

Are 60 lb lambs good eating?

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Nom De Plume 04/27/2020 at 21:28

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O h yeah. Q uite tastey . N ot too much meat on them, but roasts are tender and delicious.

MonkeePuzzle > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/28/2020 at 09:36

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do you eat such a culling, or concerned about how it got paralyzed  too much to consume?

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > MonkeePuzzle 04/28/2020 at 09:42

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We would normally eat it, but it was rainy and getting late and I didn’t want to skin it... so I just buried the corpse in the manure pile. it was pretty clear that he was injured as opposed to diseased. There’s not a whole lot of meat on a lamb that size, so although it’s a bit wasteful, I was not in the mood to be frugal...

MonkeePuzzle > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/28/2020 at 10:28

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my father grew up on a dairy and then later sheep farm, as a result lamb is the traditional family holiday meal of fanciness.

That said, everytime I visited the farm I only remember him shooting rabbits and prepping and cooking those :D

SO. MANY. RABBITS.