[blackbelly] trimming hooves

[Rick Krach]

Helmut, here in northern CA I don't trim hooves either. Some of my sheep are 
now six years old. Even my donkey only gets slightly trimmed once a year.  I 
attribute it to part of my pasture being as hard as concrete in the summer 
where it gets no water.  Perhaps those people in soft-ground areas might 
consider paving part of their area for the sheep to run on!

Rick Krach
  Auburn, California
     (530) 889-1488
I know of breeders here in the area, they didn't  trim a hooves
of a BB in
six years, similar to Suffolk sheep.
It would be interesting to find breeders who have genetics with
hard and
slow growing hooves ?
regards Helmut
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