[Jacob-list] Foot injury
Melanie Boxall
melanie.boxall at sympatico.ca
Mon Mar 24 18:03:20 EDT 2008
I wouldn't have domestic sheep if you paid me. The only person I've ever known seriously injured by a sheep was injured by a domestic ewe with no horns. And another anecdotal tidbit that makes you go hmm. I sold a ram to a local man a few years ago, and a few months later saw him pulling up in my drive. Wasn't too sure what I was going to hear. He wanted another ram. Apparently a coyote had got into his barnyard, and the ram had been killed defending the flock. Nobody else was harmed, and he saw that coyote off before succumbing to his injuries. Now that's my kind of ram.
Melanie
In medio stat virtus
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From: Betty Berlenbach
To: Melanie Boxall
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Foot injury
Ain't it the truth. What a difference between our jacobs and those ol' white dumb as stump sheep! No comparison at all! My shearer is always teasing me and saying, "Why don't you get some real sheep?" meaning big and easier to handle, (dumb). Last weekend I saw him at a friend's shearing, and he was complaining he was up all night assisting four ewes with lambing issues: I turned to him and very sweetly said,"David, why don't you get some REAL sheep?" Luckily, he laughed!
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From: Melanie Boxall
To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Foot injury
That's what I love about them. They're hardy. Lambs are often born here when there's a blizzard roaring outside. Even with all the body heat in the barn it can be -15 in there, and the lambs just get up, stomp around a bit and they're ready to go. As most people know, pretty much all we do with our sheep beyong providing food and shelter, is shear them. We don't intervene in any other way. We don't touch navels, we don't castrate, we don't dock tails.........we figure they are a wild animal and they are designed to cope. We just watch biths. The most intervention afterwards is jugging up first timers for a few days. Experienced Moms lamb in the community area, and the ram stands guard. It's very primitive. We once bottle fed a rejected lamb and it was a huge mistake. That ewe was never a real sheep, she thought she was human. She lived with a bull calf for the longest time because she didn't get along with sheep. Now we foster out rejected lambs to our super-ewe, Flossie, whose record is 5, twins from a ewe who died in an accident plus her own triplets.
I've helped out my neighbour with his wussy domestic sheep, and he's welcome to them. They are clueless at lambing, they need so much help. And they're always getting caught in something. And they're polled, so no horns to use as an excuse. In ten years we've had two "trap" incidents. He has that many a week. Jacobs are SMART sheep.
Melanie
In medio stat virtus
http://ministats.free.fr/world_redirection.php?ville=obsville
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From: CARL FOSBRINK
To: Melanie Boxall ; jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Foot injury
We haven't found it necessary to trim our Jacobs' hooves either. Give assistance when necessary, but let's keep the breed hardy.
Carl
Melanie Boxall <melanie.boxall at sympatico.ca> wrote:
I can't help you on the injury, I'm sure someone here can, but can I just say, keep the shearer. They're really hard to find. Just tell him to leave the feet alone. Jacob's hooves don't usually need trimming. I've got ten year old ewes whose feet have never been touched and they are perfect. While my neighbours' Dorsets need doing annually. Jacobs are essentially a wild sheep - who'd be trimming their hooves in the wild?
Melanie
In medio stat virtus
http://ministats.free.fr/world_redirection.php?ville=obsville
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From: Donnangelo, Nick
To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 10:12 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Foot injury
We had our flock sheared on Saturday. The shearer also trimmed hooves and somehow managed to take 3/8 inch off the toe of our favorite ewe, releasing a torrent of blood that sprayed at least 18 inches to the horror of an assembled group of children (including my 5 year old daughter and 3 year old son). It was obviously an artery based on the pressure and color of the blood. She probably lost 50 cc's before we got the bleeding under control. Applied antibiotic ointment, wrapped the foot with blood stop powder and gave her some penicillin. Amazingly, she was up and about the entire time, not lame. Put her in one of my horse stalls on a deep bed of shavings. Today she seemed fine, eating well. Changed the dressing, bleeding stopped and wound looks clean. My question is: does anyone have experience with this type of injury? How long should I keep the foot wrapped? How long should I keep her in a stall (she is with her yearling daughter)? Any other advice (other than find a different person to shear)?
Thanks.
Nick Donnangelo
Shiloh Manor
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