[Ag-eq] Rambo Unwound

[Jewel]

Oh!  My face is so red.  As I am a goatkeeper, how could I have overlooked the highly intelligent 
and therefore, pain in  the backside, goat.
The explanation there, I think, is that intelligence is common throughout the species, so if you get 
rid of 1 bright spark, there is another--and another--and  another to pass on its superior genes to 
future generations.

         Jewel
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From: "Zach Mason" <zmason.northwindsfarm at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 1:58 PM
To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Rambo Unwound

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

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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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