He is an adolescent (teenager) now and has developed the bad habit of chasing and playing with the sheep. The first incident I thought the ewe lamb was dead when I found her. As it turned out, she was exhausted from being chased. He had pulled the wool off her rear legs in 2 locations. She made a full recovery, with treatment. That is when we put the 20' drag chain on. This worked for about a week and then he learned how to run while dragging the chain and he chased a different ewe lamb. Roger found her stuck on her back, next to a compost pile. She was not injured, just rolled onto her back, unable to right herself. she also had wool pulled from the top of her back and Callum was laying nearby, chewing on the wool. We put him back in with the rams and the billy goat. This is a dangerous behavior for him to develop. The "dangle board" is an 18" long piece of 2"x4" attached to a chain hanging from his collar so that the board is about 2 to 3" from the ground. So, he can walk, get around but if he goes to run and chase the sheep it will interfere with his movement so he cannot run/chase the sheep. It is not painful; it just stops this bad behavior. Hopefully this will break him of this bad behavior.
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Why does Calham need a dangle board? What does he try to do with the sheep?
He is an adolescent (teenager) now and has developed the bad habit of chasing and playing with the sheep. The first incident I thought the ewe lamb was dead when I found her. As it turned out, she was exhausted from being chased. He had pulled the wool off her rear legs in 2 locations. She made a full recovery, with treatment. That is when we put the 20' drag chain on. This worked for about a week and then he learned how to run while dragging the chain and he chased a different ewe lamb. Roger found her stuck on her back, next to a compost pile. She was not injured, just rolled onto her back, unable to right herself. she also had wool pulled from the top of her back and Callum was laying nearby, chewing on the wool. We put him back in with the rams and the billy goat. This is a dangerous behavior for him to develop. The "dangle board" is an 18" long piece of 2"x4" attached to a chain hanging from his collar so that the board is about 2 to 3" from the ground. So, he can walk, get around but if he goes to run and chase the sheep it will interfere with his movement so he cannot run/chase the sheep. It is not painful; it just stops this bad behavior. Hopefully this will break him of this bad behavior.
@ very interesting. Thank you for the explanation.
How long does it take you to fill the feeders?
It takes 8 trips to fill all the feeders. Total time is about 30 to 45 minutes.