[Jacob-list] dehorning sheep

[Linda]

I think the lamb is too old to to use the iron on.  

Linda
 
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On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:32:11 -0700, Melody wrote:
> Need some input, please.  I just had a call from a woman who got a
> Jacob lamb as a pet.  It is now about 2 mo. old, has horns up about
> 1/2 inch according to her, and she wants to have it disbudded.  She
> is afraid of the horns with her small children.   She does care
> about the lamb, though, and was looking for advice.  The person who
> has offered to disbud the lamb (using an iron as for goats) is
> afraid it will be too stressful and harmful to the lamb.  I've
> never heard of disbudding a lamb, so I don't know what to tell her. 
>  Frankly I'd like to go and snatch that lamb right off her place
> and bring it home--what was she thinking to get a Jacob if she
> didn't want horns?  But I need some opinions.  Would the
> pain/stress of disbudding be harmful to the lamb?  I know lambs
> react differently to pain than kid goats do. 
> Melody

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