Meet the staff.

There are but a few studs on our farm. Our dinosaur, Henry the Gander, Augustus, Uglybird, Prettybird and Arthur-itis, the roosters and Cesar, the ram. And, I shall here include Huz in the list as proven sire of three very fine offspring. The other males on the farm have no reproductive capacity. Phew. Tucker, the Golden Retriever, Lu, Jersey, Abbot and Not-Abbot the barn cats, Eli and Everest the wethered sheep, and Oslo, my gelding all retain their wonderful boy-ness with no threat of progeny. I have written before about Henry. The roosters are a motley bunch- Uglybird and Prettybird were hatch mates and one was the ugliest bird every created who bloomed into quite a nice looking adult. Pretty is more or less the same as he's been for 5 years, except blind in his left eye now which makes him easy to sneak up on. Augustus is a robust Ameraucauna rooster, deep chestnut red. And Arthur, short for Arthur-itis, who quickly developed rather crooked feet as a youngster, but does just fine despite his toes that all point at 90*to center.
Cesar is a bit different. For one, he smells quite strongly, that musky, rammy smell. He also leads with his head. Straight into anything- and was affronted by ramming my shovel last night and getting a nick on his nose. This bothered him. Didn't stop him from ramming the shovel again, but he wanted me to attend to his minor injury. He doesn't seem to think much about his action, just compelled to put head down and GO!
Watching him with Elmo the goat last year was rather amusing. Elmo and Elsie stayed with us for a few weeks, months? while their owners were moving in next door and waiting for the wheat to come off the field they would then fence in for the goats. Elmo had little horns, and adored jumping up onto his hind legs and bashing down at an angle. He thought it was great fun to play with Cesar. Cesar tried to play, but was always getting mashed on the top of the noggin. He goes in a straight line motion- one plane, and couldn't figure out what to do with the high-low bashing of Elmo. He would eventually retreat, be chased  and then come find me to save him. Of course, because he is a ram of high instinct and low thought, when he sees me (or shovel, or fence, or broom, or dog) he must ram first. Fortunately, if you put your hand where you were, step to the side, he rams your hand and then presents his back to be scratched. If you scratch him, he immediately  ceases all other activity and begins wagging his little tail wildly. Still, having a 150 lbs of ram coming at you with the intention of making massive contact can be a tad intimidating. For this reason you never turn your back on Cesar. If he is not tied up, penned up or being scratched, you are in the presence of Simple Harmonic Motion. ( in terms of v : d/dx(1/2v2)=-n2x where v is squared and n is too. Don't know how to make my keyboard raise that 2 a half step. In any case, for you physics folks, x umlaut + n squared x=0= Cesar. See? )
But a good natured basher for all that. Last summer he was in the pasture, as was Middlest. She made the amateur mistake of getting far away from the ram, but not far enough to get to the fence first. He spotted her and began his charge. She, instead of going with the wait and side step action got her knees bent and her shoulders down low and took the charge like a linesman for the Chargers. Over they both went, stem over stern, tail over kettle. When they stopped rolling, he looked around, saw Middlest again, and began wagging his tail, thrilled at the attention potential. ( I don't think there is a formula for attention potential. Anyone?) Talk about desensitizing you to getting run down. Go Middlest! Don't break anything.
So, now you know more about staff member Cesar, Border Leicester, proven breeder ( Eli, Eleanor, Everest and Evelyn are all his lambs) and RamRam.

This photo was taken by photographer, Eileen Nixon at our Christmas session. She had set up to take pictures of the kids on our old bridge, and Cesar was in that pasture. I went in to keep control of Cesar so he wouldn't ram her or destroy anything. Huz joined me, and then when she turned we were pinning Cesar against the fence, scratching his top line. Looks easier than that...