[Jacob-list] oops!

[Dan Kennedy]

I can't help you with your problem although I do know that this happens with
some degree of frequency, but I can't help but wonder why you are banding
the lambs in the first place if these are freezer lambs.      My reasons for
asking are that ram lambs grow more quickly and, I and my customers believe,
have a better flavour.       Unless there is an issue of them breeding ewe
lambs that can't be avoided by seperate penning etc., you are making extra
work for yourself and increasing health rsks to the lamb.      Just a
thought!
Dan Kennedy
Killorglin Farm
Prince Edward Island
Jacob & Dorset Horn Sheep
www.attcanada.net/~dankennedy
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Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 1:22 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] oops!


> Hi all,
>  Boy do I have a dilemma that I don't know what to do about. Hopefully
(not
> wishing any bad luck on anyone) this is something that someone else has
> experienced and they can tell me what to do.
>  After my lambs were a week or two old I banded them. I was SURE that I
felt
> testacles down below the rubber band. Well, yesterday I was out checking
out
> all of the lambs and lo and behold BOTH of the ram lambs that I banded
have
> no sacks but I can feel the testacles up in there stomach area. Now, both
of
> the lambs are freezer lambs, but, with the testacles up inside is there
going
> to be health problems before they are big enough to butcher?
> Thanks for the input.
> God Bless,
> Your not so bright fellow sheep herder,
> Shelly Johnson
> Wooly Acres
> Jacob sheep, Black Cotwolds, Icelandics, Angora rabbits, Austrialian
Shepherd
> and assorted other animals
>
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