[Jacob-list] oops!

[Mark Essen]

Around here I have heard that some people do this on purpose to improve the
meat quality, but not stunt the growth.  The body heat should prohibit
viable semen from being produced.
I have never bought into this method, but it is common enough to have a
name--they call it short-sacking".
Mark Essen and Amy Raburn
Famous Acres
6701 County Road 353
Fulton, Mo.  65251
(573)642-0350
messen at socket.net
Jacobs 4-Horn Sheep, Pygmy Goats, Peafowl, Turkeys, Highland Cattle, Yak,
Emu, Fallow Deer, Zebu Cattle all living together in the Kingdom of Callaway
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Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 11:22 AM
Subject: [Jacob-list] oops!


> Hi all,
>  Boy do I have a dilemma that I don't know what to do about. Hopefully
(not
> wishing any bad luck on anyone) this is something that someone else has
> experienced and they can tell me what to do.
>  After my lambs were a week or two old I banded them. I was SURE that I
felt
> testacles down below the rubber band. Well, yesterday I was out checking
out
> all of the lambs and lo and behold BOTH of the ram lambs that I banded
have
> no sacks but I can feel the testacles up in there stomach area. Now, both
of
> the lambs are freezer lambs, but, with the testacles up inside is there
going
> to be health problems before they are big enough to butcher?
> Thanks for the input.
> God Bless,
> Your not so bright fellow sheep herder,
> Shelly Johnson
> Wooly Acres
> Jacob sheep, Black Cotwolds, Icelandics, Angora rabbits, Austrialian
Shepherd
> and assorted other animals
>
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