Identifier: sheepmanagementb00klei (find matches)
Title: Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Kleinheinz, Frank
Subjects: Sheep
Publisher: Madison, Wis., The author
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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two holes from whichthe testicles have been removed, and then lift thelamb over the partition to its mother. The reasonfor fencing off the lambs is this: When lambshave been castrated they are unable to run, andgenerally lie down. If mothers and lambs are lefttogether the lambs may get hurt by having theirmothers run over them when the shepherd iscatching other lambs. The operator can performthe neatest and cleanest job, if accustomed to doit, by pulling the testicles by means of his teeth.In nearly all foreign countries no lambs are cas-trated in any other way. If a lamb has grownquite old and the cord is too strong to be pulledit may be scraped off back of the testicle; this willprevent bleeding. Whenever possible, castratingthe lambs should be done in the morning, andevery disturbance of the flock should be avoidedduring that day. DOCKING LAMBS. All lambs should be docked, ewe lambs whenthey are from eight to fourteen days old, and ramlambs from five to seven days after castration.
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Rearing the Lambs. 79 When this is neglected flockmasters will suffer theloss of from twenty-five to fifty cents per hundredpounds on lambs when sold on the market, inproportion to the amount of dirt collected on thetails. We will not speak at all about the attract-iveness of a bunch of lambs that are uniformlydocked. Docking sheep prevents the accumula-tion of a great deal of filth at their rears, and con-sequently to a great extent keeps them from be-coming infested with maggots, especially the fe-males. The fact that many ewes do not get withlamb at all is due to their not being docked. Manyflockowners are afraid to dock their lambs becausethey believe they will bleed to death. No dangerneed be feared, however, if the operator is at allcareful. There is more than one way to dock lambs.Their tails may be cut off with a sharp jack-knife.It used to be the custom to chop them off on ablock by means of a chisel and mallet. Wheneither of these methods is used the lambs loseblood, especia

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