Sheep may be dumber than cows? Toss up- but you can usually manage to wrestle a sheep down a lot easier than a cow, don"t need as strong or high a fence. a Merino ram can cause injury to small person- but if you treat the horns as handles and can match his weight, relatively easy if you DON"T turn your back on him. Little Shetland ram wags his tail as he gets hand fed garden weeds, old Jakobs ram with extra long extra horn isn"t much bigger in body, minor aggravation getting head out of garden fence. Short tails compared to cows- don"t get face wapped when milking. Walk between couple sheep and get bumped by rear ends just means soft squeeze- on a couple cows it may mean sore ribs and stomped feet with sore toes for a week. Load a reluctant cow in a trailer may mean strong winch and big ropes, 6 people with stock panels and a couple stun batons- sheep just mean get a member of the local high school football team to grab the wool at shoulder then pick up and toss into back of pickup, shut the topper. Butchering a downed broken legged cow in field means get to it with truck or lots of bloody piece work hauling out quarters. Sheep is cut throat, skin out or gut, pick up by hand and carry out after drain- or get the high school football player again. Skin out and tanned mean vest material, a quarter can be fitted in large oven pan and Sunday dinner for family while rest is stuck in refrigerator or smoker for a couple weeks worth of fresh meat, stews, and some sausage making in a hour- not a all weekend job like a cow. Large back yard with a decent fence and a large dog house with water hose reach? Don"t want to mow an hour every 2 weeks? 2 wethers will quietly weed and feed for the growing season, become winters dinners and knit cap material--if kids don"t name them after Sherri Lewis puppet. Loose a cow is a thousand dollar loss- a sheep is $100.00 or less. Your cow on road in a fence law state hit by compact car may mean serious injury to drive, lots of crumpled metal. Sheep hit may mean bent fender and bumper and need to do a quick butcher job- but insurance claim won"t be a doubled premium for 5 years to make up for payout. Sheep do have some advantages over cows, both can be dumb critters but sheep are of a size to be less dangerous, easier to control. RN.
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