[Jacob-list] broken tails

[Neal and Louise Grose]

A broken tail might have resulted from a playful dog or coyote grabbing them 
and swinging on them.

Neal Grose

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Hill" <sharonehill at yahoo.com>
To: <Jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:20 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] broken tails



>I sure wish I knew how my sheep broke their tails.  I

> don't even know when it happened.  I just started

> noticing that one ewe lamb had an extra long tail when

> she was about 6 months old.  I was thinking that if I

> registered my animals, she would not pass.  Then I

> noticed it hung down limply when she was just standing

> and walking around, and it swung around wildly while

> she ran about and cavorted. I found that the bone is

> broken clean through.  It is like the bone is inside a

> long sock.

>

> Before I quit docking tails I would leave them fairly

> long, for a docked tail.  It would completely cover

> the private areas.  I found when shearing a wether

> last year that his docked tail was broken!  I have no

> idea of how that could have happened.  He is about 5

> years old, and it wasn't broken last year.  It isn't

> noticable like the other one.  They are definitely not

> causing the animals any discomfort.  I am just worried

> about the one that is almost touching the ground.  I

> am wondering if I should have the vet take it off.  I

> know I am not up to it.

>

> Sharon Hill

>

>

> 

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