[Jacob-list] ear tags

[Bill Thompson]

Hi again, yes the mother was culled, she died.  She was 13 years old and had
apparently jumped a fence.  The tail was about
11-12 inches long, and yes I do agree with a four finger dock.   The mother
lived six weeks until Missy was weaned (called her Missy for mistake),no
problem with keeping her clean the first six weeks.  When she was weaned,
our Llama took her under his wing.  He became very protective, because the 6
month old lambs I had were aggressive to her, and Iowa is cold in the
winter.  He would let her curl up to him and he would do that snorting thing
they do when the other came near.  He also made sure she ate.  I had to
start feeding him from a coffee can  in order to make him back off from the
feeder so I could keep better control of how much she ate.  I believe that
the feed is why we got the mess.

I will say this though, when we sheared, she had the most beautiful wool, at
8 months old, it was 4 1/2 inches long, and baby soft.

Thanks though Betty, and you are right, any other set of circumstances and I
would have culled her.

Lou Anne in S.W. Iowa
----- Original Message -----
From: Betty Berlenbach <lambfarm at sover.net>
To: Bill Thompson <Emma at netins.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] ear tags


> I'd consider culling that mother, Lou Ann, if she can't keep her baby
clean!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Thompson" <Emma at netins.net>
> To: "Kelly Przylepa and Rich Moore" <kellyandrich at earthlink.net>;
> <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 4:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] ear tags
>
>
> > Hi--I will jump in here with what little I know,  from experience, I
will
> > never let a lamb go undocked again.  She was born out of season for us,
I
> > > > > How about devices for docking? Or even to dock or not to dock? Is
> > > marketability affected if one chooses not to dock?
> > >
> > > Kelly
> > >
> > >
>