• Docking

    October 7, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    So today we started dock which happens after all the ewes have Lambed. We first notch the wear depending on if its a ram or a ewe and then they get two vaccinations one is b12 and the other is scabbivax. The finally the tail is docked with a hot iron and the balls are rung but just leaving both their. Quite strange but apparently better and what the buyers want.
    We did around 50 ewes ish all together
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