- Location
- East Ayrshire
Maybe your Leicester tups pushed the tree over?
When a tree falls in the wood......
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gpcwm
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- Location
- welsh border
Had a ewe went off her legs on grass keep last november, took trailer picked her up. Gave antibiotics and anti inflammatory and was well chuffed that she recovered fully. Put her in a small paddock by the yard for a few days while i decided what to do with her.
Along comes storm Anwen blows considerable branch off tree which falls on said ewe and kills her........
Along comes storm Anwen blows considerable branch off tree which falls on said ewe and kills her........
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
2wheels
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- Location
- aberdeenshire
I think it’s so funny it’s something that Shaun the sheep would do.we can relate it to.
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Chris123
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- Location
- Shropshire
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
Y Fan Wen
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- Location
- N W Snowdonia
Lambing time and a ewe newly dropped was licking her progeny when the 11kv overhead parted,dropped straight on her and killed her. Now one orphan lamb.
I once came across a little group of five ewes in the high pastures lying dead and in cudding positions. I came to the conclusion that it was a lightning strike.
I once came across a little group of five ewes in the high pastures lying dead and in cudding positions. I came to the conclusion that it was a lightning strike.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Easy to tell if lightning was the reason - no rigor mortis. Don’t ask me how I know.
Y Fan Wen
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- Location
- N W Snowdonia
That's interesting. I doubt if there will be a next time, but if there is...
Danllan
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- Location
- Sir Gar / Carms
Never had tree fall on a sheep, but... When I was a sprog my father had some tack sheep on the old place, apparently one decided she would jump a bank by a hedge when they were being moved. She did, down into a long disused chalk pit. She ended up stuck in a thorn tree, maybe ten or twelve feet from the ground. They got her down and she was alright, so I guess they aren't all clever enough to kill themselves.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Dead sheep in a field aren’t normally covered by insurance. Dead sheep in a field that have been struck by lightening generally are.
A loss adjuster once told me that he’d seen all sorts in such claims, with suspicious charring on the animals, but I’m told a loss adjuster doesn’t get called out to claims of less than £3k.
Just saying.
Danllan
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- Location
- Sir Gar / Carms
See below...
They do get rigor mortis, but it passes much more quickly than is usually the case* - happy to be educated by anyone who can tell us why that should be...
*https://www.msdvetmanual.com/genera...-electrocutionin-animals?autoredirectid=16648
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
Dead sheep in a field aren’t normally covered by insurance. Dead sheep in a field that have been struck by lightening generally are.
A loss adjuster once told me that he’d seen all sorts in such claims, with suspicious charring on the animals, but I’m told a loss adjuster doesn’t get called out to claims of less than £3k.
Just saying.
Not so sure on your limit of £3k. It’s not my recent experience on a couple of small claims together adding up to half that.
That said, may differ as these are uninsured losses which could sway things.