Use a rope noose around the base of BOTH horns to help control the head-- This is what a lot of the local goat and sheep people do, as well as some of the cattle owners. If you need to manhandle the animal, A good grip on the horn area, along with a solid grip of the lower jaw helps keep that head where it belongs---- I saw a couple sheep farm workers handling a rather nasty jacobs a few weeks ago-- one person on each side, each with the horn grabbed by their inside hand, and each with a grip that put their fingers of the outside hand under the lower jaw, with the thumb hooked over the jaw behind the incisors. A local dairyman handles the bullocks this way, as well-- he doesn't poll or steer his youngsters because they do go to slaughter when they have finished out...
Terry W --- Barb Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anybody have suggestions for their preferred method > of restraining > horned rams for routine treatments such as hoof trimming? > > Also, anybody have thoughts on disbudding ram lambs > intended for > slaughter? > > Barb > > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at > %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
