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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: kelly58 on May 27, 2014, 05:57:06 pm

Title: Ram lamb
Post by: kelly58 on May 27, 2014, 05:57:06 pm

HI, I have a ram lamb l want to ring, he has the sack but only has tiny little balls that dont seem to have dropped :thinking:
(Knew a bloke like that once  :roflanim:) His 7 days are up tomorrow, if l wait a while will they drop?
The band would be too near his nipples if l did it now, any thoughts please  :sheep:

Title: Re: Ram lamb
Post by: Treud na Mara on May 27, 2014, 08:45:33 pm

The problem if you wait is that legally you'd have to get the vet to do it under anaesthetic - £££ - some people on here seem to manage not ringing and selling in the autumn. Is that a possible option?

Title: Re: Ram lamb
Post by: Anke on May 27, 2014, 08:54:20 pm

Any breeder of small traditional sheep breeds will know what you are talking about  :innocent:, and our sheep do get ringed (when they are ready)... :innocent:

Title: Re: Ram lamb
Post by: Big Benny Shep on June 01, 2014, 10:41:06 am

i seem to get 1 or 2 like this every year, i just mark it as a tup (just incase he slips past when seperating lambs) and put it with my keeping tup lambs.  :sheep: