[Jacob-list] marking

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COOL!  We used the same markers when I was an Ag teacher, and we recieved chicks in from diffrent hatcheries... We had a good way to see mortality counts based on what color they were, but didnt keep them seperate, I felt it was a more fair way of observing them...becasue when we put them in 4 pens, there was alway a slight temperature diffrence and such.. This way we had them all together and could see what color heads they had.... It rubbed off in a few days, but worked well for us! 





-----Original Message-----
From: Linda <patchworkfibers at windstream.net>
To: jacob-list <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 17, 2010 5:22 pm
Subject: [Jacob-list] marking


We penned the ewes this morning to give CDT shots and check eyelids. I've always thought that marking them as you finish would be a great idea, but never have the standard marking ink or crayons around. Since I always have dry erase pens around (I write my grocery list on the side of the refrigerator as I think of things I need), I decided to grab a couple to try on the sheep. 
They worked great. We only have 18 ewes, so a clipboard (or just memory) does work to keep track of who has already been checked/vaccinated, but can be slow. We work in a small area and both Dave and I catch. It's much easier to tell Dave to "grab one without a green nose", than to say "get Martha - no, that's not Martha." Sheep got a green mark after getting the CDT and a red mark if I'd decided to worm them. It took way less time than keeping track on the clipboard. I used to move the ewes out of the catch pen after vaccinating, but it's so much easier and less stressful to catch them when they are packed semi-tightly. 
It's raining today and the markings were almost gone by afternoon. 
 
Linda 
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