[Jacob-list] assisted lambing - an opinion

[gordon johnston]

The following appeared on another sheep list and is about Soay, but the same principle could be taken to apply to Jacobs, if their primitive characteristics are to be preserved (and the lesson from British 'big Jacobs' should be learned - most breeders sponge their ewes, lamb indoors and assist whenever necessary, in a sheep which, whatever breeders here claim, has lost much of its easy lambing characteristics)


<<<<I am uneasy about all this talk about assisted lambing, keeping lambs alive
etc.  there is a large heritable component to lambing problems, and to
weakness in lambs.  I would most strongly urge that ewes or lambs with
problems are not registered, or used to produce soays.  If they would have
died without assistance, they should be "dead" to the breed - however dear
to their owner.>>>>

What do others think of this harsh approach?
Juliet in Scotland

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