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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: epherdwicks on April 01, 2016, 03:02:09 pm

Title: identifying black lambs
Post by: epherdwicks on April 01, 2016, 03:02:09 pm

Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best way to mark very young black Herdwick lambs?  I find a yellow spray marker doesn't really show up and their ears are too small for tags.

Title: Re: identifying black lambs
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 02, 2016, 02:08:01 pm

We recently discussed this very issue on this thread here (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=73045.msg576444#msg576444)