[Jacob-list] Docking Tails

[Linda]

The standards (for most of the Jacob registering bodies) call for tails 
that fall no longer than the hock. It was one of the reasons that some 
breeders did not dock - so that it would be obvious that their sheep had 
tails of the proper length.
I didn't dock for a few years and still have two adult undocked ewes. 
They are as clean after lambing (even if they lamb before we shear) as 
any of the others. The only reason I dock is because most buyers want 
them docked.
Linda.

On 8/3/2011 6:00 AM, RNS1260 at comcast.net wrote:

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> Fellow Shepherds,

>

> Jacob Sheep have an extra vertebra that allows them to pick up their 

> tails much like a dog. I had kept the ones that had petite little 

> primitive tails that fell not longer than the hock, un-docked. On a 

> negative note, our shearer dislikes the tails because he says, they 

> get in the way and it's one more thing for him to worry about cutting. 

> All in all, it's a personal preference to dock or not to dock.

>

> Cheryl Bresin

>

> Rise 'N' Shine Farm

> East Berlin, Pennsylvania

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> /But He that entereth in by the door is the Shepherd of the sheep.To 

> Him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear His voice; and He calleth 

> His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And He putteth forth His 

> own sheep, He goeth before and the sheep follow Him; for they know His 

> voice //and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him: 

> for they know not the voice of strangers.

> //John 10:3,4,5 KJV/

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> /And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must 

> bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and 

> one shepherd./

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