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Lamb Docking Photos

Clipping a lamb's ears to mark it's age in New Zealand
Using the same standard pattern as all lambs in New Zealand and Australia, the lambs ears are clipped as an age marker.

I wasn’t sure if everyone wanted to see the more graphic series. So here are the lamb docking photos. When you are done here, please return to the docking lambs story.

Lamb Docking Photos:

Castration of the a male lamb in New Zealand
The lifters take a quick look and bring the rams to the ranger to be castrated by having a band placed tightly around the balls, which will fall off a few weeks later.
A lamb being placed into the docking cradle at Shakespear Park, Auckland New Zealand
Next for the rams, and the starting point for the ewes, the lamb is placed into the docking cradle
Clipping a lamb's ears to mark it's age in New Zealand
Using the same standard pattern as all lambs in New Zealand and Australia, the lamb’s ears are clipped as an age marker.
Docking a lamb with a cautarizing iron in New Zealand
Using a docking iron, the lamb’s tail is removed while the nerves and the wound are cauterized at the same time. As an observer, the worst part isn’t the smell, but rather the sadness for the poor lamb.

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