Wednesday 12 May 2010

Dagging

Sheep's back end after dagging, nice and clean to avoid catching too much muck and attracting flies
We also check and trim feet while the sheep is on its back, we only trim now if absolutely necessary as the latest advice is routine trimming can cause more problems than it solves by breaking down natural barriers within the foot allowing infection to enter.
A bunch of happily trimmed sheep waiting to be freed back out to graze

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the added info. about hoof trimming. Photo of dagged sheep very helpful.