[Jacob-list] docking

[Kathryn Shirley]

I had stopped docking tails several years ago.  I had no problems with fly
strike or dirty rear ends, except in the cross bred sheep.  These sheep had
woolly tails and they didn't lift them out of the way enough.

While I didn't have problems with the sheep themselves, buyers were extremely
reluctant to buy them as breeding animals.  Meat sales were unaffected.

Kate Shirley

Kris Sudduth wrote:

> when I raised standard breeds while living in Tx...I did dock those tails to
> go with their breed standard...I did the 4 fingers or so measurement cuz I
> thought the girls especially needed that "cover up" from the Tx sun!....so
> the foot in my mouth statement I made of ..I thought Jacobs were longer then
> standard breeds meant I had not seen any jacobs ever...south or north...that
> had been docked...all were au naturalle!....and if they werent natural..then
> they did a heck of a job making them look correct.  I thought they were
> suppose to be left alone...ya know...part of what they are so to speak?
> I guess depending on what part of the country your in...it makes a
> difference in the end sale?!
>
>                     ~~Kris~~
>                  Burlington, Vt
>          sudduth at adelphia.net
> www.cloudnineacres.homestead.com
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