[Ag-eq] Rambo Unwound

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I've always thought that the old saying "curiousity got the cat" should be
curiousity got the goat!


Quoting Zach Mason <zmason.northwindsfarm at gmail.com>:

> That statement doesn't explain goats, but in general you're probably not far
> from the truth.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel
> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 4:15 PM
> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Rambo Unwound
>
>
>     It is my custom to show the morning's intake of emails to Rambo, but,
> for this once, I will not as the contents of Zach's message will upset him,
> and I wouldn't want to do that!
> Has it ever occurred to you that domestic farm animals are, usually, not too
> bright, and this can be put down to mankind and mankind alone and it comes
> down to breeding.
> If an animal proves itself to have a good and fertile brain, it usually
> spells trouble for the farmer as the animal can work out how to open gates,
> short out electric fences etc etc, so rather than being left to pass its
> superior brain power to future generations, it is weeded out of the
> herd/flock and goes to the freezing works.
>
>         Jewel
>
>       Jewel
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Zach Mason" <zmason.northwindsfarm at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 4:13 AM
> To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Rambo Unwound
>
> Sheep collectively, between 100 of them have about half a brain. We feed
> round bails to our sheep by standing them upright in the paddocks and
> wrapping old hog panels around them. It is not the best way to do it, but
> it's the cheap way. They are forever getting their heads stuck.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:26 PM
> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
> Subject: [Ag-eq] Rambo Unwound
>
> For the last day or 2, Rambo, remember my erstwhile pet lamb, has been
> calling out to me from the stopbank, but having been a pet and having not
> forgotten that he had been one, it was not uncommon for him to call out when
> he saw me.
> However, on this occasion, and rather belatedly I am ashamed to say, I
> realised that his bleating seemed a little desperate and it seemed to be
> coming from the same area all the time.
> This morning, when I emerged, he continued to call whether he saw me or not,
> so, I thought that I better go out and see if he was in any sort of trouble,
> which he was;  It appeared that  he had attempted to push his way under the
> fence to get down into the house paddock, and in so doing, a piece of broken
> and bent number 8 fence wire had got entangled in his wool and he was unable
> to break free.
> He is none the worse for his experience, and being a sheep, I can't say if
> he has learned anything, but one can but hope!
>
>            Jewel
>
>
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