[Jacob-list] SUED question

[Hettick, Heather]

I would cull for bad cases of SUED that cause them discomfort, but like Carl, I don't get worked up about  a small notch on an otherwise exceptional sheep.  I had a ewe with slight SUED in one eye and her eye would water when she was stressed, but she produced a lot of nice healthy purebred lambs without SUED for me and has moved on to a new flock.  Last year she had 2 Icelandic cross lambs and both had SUED, which I didn't really notice until I sheared them before going to the butcher.  ( They were sort of on the wild side anyway.)  One was 2 horned but he could have been fused along the length.

Heather Hettick
Moonstruck Farm
Creston, OH
www.moonstruckfarm.wordpress.com