This years lambing is now complete and now its time to prepare them for the next stage. Mothers and the lambs are brought into the yards. The mothers are given a drench (medicine by 
mouth) for worms. The lambs are then seperated off and yarded. Each of them is then loaded into a device which holds 4 lambs in a circle in a conveyor belt process the lamb is loaded on, on its back. A rubber band is then placed around its tail and depeding on whether its a male or 
female another rubber band is place around thier testies both having the effect of cutting blood flow and dropping off after some time has passed. An injection is administered to guard against pulpy kidney which is a fatal desease affecting lambs, then the lamb is given a drench for worms also and then release. Although we havent finished marking lambs we will have marked around 1800 in this go around for this year.
mouth) for worms. The lambs are then seperated off and yarded. Each of them is then loaded into a device which holds 4 lambs in a circle in a conveyor belt process the lamb is loaded on, on its back. A rubber band is then placed around its tail and depeding on whether its a male or 
female another rubber band is place around thier testies both having the effect of cutting blood flow and dropping off after some time has passed. An injection is administered to guard against pulpy kidney which is a fatal desease affecting lambs, then the lamb is given a drench for worms also and then release. Although we havent finished marking lambs we will have marked around 1800 in this go around for this year.
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