Exploding Sheep

There was a confession some years back, where someone as a child had decided to take the prize rams out for a walk, they made a bee line for the grain silo, which had been treated.

Not being able to drag them away, the kid took the leads off and left the gate to their pen open.

The farmer was a bit confused later when he saw the 2 rams walking unsteadily toward him, even more confused when one of them exploded. The other ram, on seeing his mate explode, promptly died of a heart attack.

 

The grain ferments in the gut and if they can't get rid of the gases quickly they blow up, bloat, it's a cure death

even if cattle eat to much cow cake it will happern

 

Ahhh, I think this may be that "blow up" has two different meanings.

 

I know the USA have another meaning for " I'll knock you up in the morning " not sure on blow up though ?

 

No, them... fat

There is what is called "Sheep Frothy Bloat", which can cause the sheep to go bang or rip it's side apart, there some pic's on the net but they are bad veiwing

 

Warning Bad veiwing in this clip, but it shows how get the gas out of the gut in a calf
@Marley Farley, @fat controller, @Zigs, @ARMANDII Please remove if to bad please

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/the-incredible-dr-pol/videos/a-bloated-calf/

 

Nothing wrong with that Jif Nice to see him get better so quickly

 

Thanks Zigs

 

My daughter was late back from horse riding once last year as the 2 of them (that's 2 riders, not her and the horse!) had stopped to get a sheep back up plus call somebody who knew how to contact the farmer. She may only be a farmer's granddaughter, but she knew what to do.

 

Watch the scene in Far from the Madding Crowd where Farmer Gabriel Oak has to stab his sheep in the belly with a big hollow needle to deflate them! Or read it of course, sorry Mr Hardy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061648/