[Jacob-list] docking tails

[Linda]

I agree. I have two ewes that aren't docked. Most years, they have not 
been shorn before lambing and I don't often crutch, being too lazy to do 
so. Their tails are not messy even after lambing. Even sheep with docked 
tails can be messy if they go through a bout of diarrhea. Both of my 
ewes hold their tails up easily and they are not damp with urine or 
stained with feces. Messy, dirty tails can occur with any length or even 
with no tail. I'd be more concerned about why the tails are so seriously 
dirty.


Linda .

avillionfarm at avillionfarm.com wrote:

> Two things:

>

> (1) I am surprised at having seriously dirty tails on long-tailed jacob

> sheep. 

> All the best, Elaina

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