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01-17-2026, 01:24 PM
So glad I found this group. I’ve had 4 wether males, bottle raised &
Admittedly spoiled for 1 1/2 years . I’ve realized I’ve treated them more as pets. They have many acres to graze in the day and I put them in a pen at night when I feed them. They’ve been much more “rowdy” and I assumed it was the cool Texas November-January weather. Today, they scared me. I was out in the field with my grandbaby in my arms and my daughter. The dominant male started rearing up at my daughter. She hit his nose with a cell phone and he stopped only to turn attention toward me. At first i thought they were playing but they all quickly started bullying me with pushing, rearing up &
Hitting me with horns. They were distracted by another of my adult children rustling around with the feed and I got my grandson and daughter out of the field. The 4 then starting running at me (at about 30 yards away ) and got to within inches of me rearing up and about to hit me when my son shot his handgun in the air to startle them. They stopped for about 5 seconds and then starting pushing me around again. He had to fire 2x more to give me opportunity to get away. I am so rattled now and afraid of them to be honest. I appreciate the advice/ information in this thread. They are big and I am not sure I can be brave enough to correct this aggression.
Admittedly spoiled for 1 1/2 years . I’ve realized I’ve treated them more as pets. They have many acres to graze in the day and I put them in a pen at night when I feed them. They’ve been much more “rowdy” and I assumed it was the cool Texas November-January weather. Today, they scared me. I was out in the field with my grandbaby in my arms and my daughter. The dominant male started rearing up at my daughter. She hit his nose with a cell phone and he stopped only to turn attention toward me. At first i thought they were playing but they all quickly started bullying me with pushing, rearing up &
Hitting me with horns. They were distracted by another of my adult children rustling around with the feed and I got my grandson and daughter out of the field. The 4 then starting running at me (at about 30 yards away ) and got to within inches of me rearing up and about to hit me when my son shot his handgun in the air to startle them. They stopped for about 5 seconds and then starting pushing me around again. He had to fire 2x more to give me opportunity to get away. I am so rattled now and afraid of them to be honest. I appreciate the advice/ information in this thread. They are big and I am not sure I can be brave enough to correct this aggression.