In a message dated 1/13/2005 5:20:38 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So what I took away from that conversation is this: with sheep who are >destined for butcher in a few short months, it might be okay to let a >broken leg go untended because there is no return on investment. For >breeding animals, such as my ewe, one should fork over the cash to fix the leg. > >Comments anyone? > >Carol
There are anomalies in everything. The risk of infection with the break would be my biggest concern, in addition to the pain on the animal. Just befoer the Ice storm of Jan 2002, 2 dogs chased my oldest ewe and she hid under the hood of a 2 ton truck. Only her legs were hanging down. They stripped one front leg from the knee to the hock. I doctored it with furazone salve and gave her antibiotics for 4 months. Then I let her go on her own. It took 1 1/2 years but it has healed today. If I had let her go, it probably would have taken only 18 months. However, I reduced the chance of infection, an d she had 2 lambs while she was healing.... Cecil Bearden Piedmont, OK =============================================== This message is from the Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [email protected] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
