tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789813103578949290.post7868134278056260265..comments2023-03-31T00:30:36.033-07:00Comments on Three BCs and .....: P-Ville 2012gvmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05867025752175321347noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789813103578949290.post-43428994607624943632012-11-08T11:01:35.416-08:002012-11-08T11:01:35.416-08:00That's why I like sheep doggin.' It's...That's why I like sheep doggin.' It's kind of like nursing. Not a day goes by where you don't learn something. :0)gvmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867025752175321347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789813103578949290.post-39669411430257750452012-11-07T20:56:31.968-08:002012-11-07T20:56:31.968-08:00I think there just isn't any other way to make...I think there just isn't any other way to make a permanent mark. Tags are always coming out and an ear is the easiest thing to see when you are sorting. We don't do it often but Scott will do it if it is very important that a ewe go to market (like a ewe that has prolapsed and you don't want her around for another year). Jenny Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789813103578949290.post-45528030181097281052012-11-06T19:51:54.769-08:002012-11-06T19:51:54.769-08:00Thanks Jenny. Good to know. You would think ther...Thanks Jenny. Good to know. You would think there would be a nicer way to mark a cull. Oh well.gvmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867025752175321347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789813103578949290.post-51727445665489885372012-11-06T11:10:32.598-08:002012-11-06T11:10:32.598-08:00usually, when a ewe has her ear cut off like that,...usually, when a ewe has her ear cut off like that, it is because she is a cull. (or it's at least some sort of "mark" that the shepherd did) She'll likely be sent to market after the trial.Jenny Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606055794620433163noreply@blogger.com