We just banded 2 ram lambs last night. The reason we banded these 2 at this time is because they are just young enough that we can't put them in with the falllambs for fear they would get pushed around by them, yet they are too old for the upcoming lambs that are starting to be born. Somewhere we had 2 ewes that were late getting bred and fell inbetween the rest of the herd. So to reduce the problem of them picking on the new lambs, we banded them. We also have a year old banded ram in with our main flock - he is headed for the butcher block here shortly. We had been told that banding them made them grow slower but this boy is pretty big. Another ram lamb that we banded fromthis same ewe dressed out at 75 lbs. when he was butchered. We raise these to sell but also to meat on our table. I absolutely REFUSE to pay what they want for beef right now so we have butchered a lot more sheep for ourselves this past 1/2 year!! Hope that helps some. Sue
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