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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I've never killed an animal with anyting other than a gun, Moon; but I know 
you don't want the animal to suffer. 

 I have seen a farmer kill a large hog with the blunt end of an axe.  It 
would not be easy for you, but I would imagine it would provide instant, 
painless death for the lamb.  'Over the head and a quick, hard blow.  Good 
luck ...bobford


--- On Fri, 10/17/08, paxamicus AT earthlink.net <paxamicus AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: paxamicus AT earthlink.net <paxamicus AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] Sometimes, I really hate keeping animals (with 
> swearing)
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 7:35 PM
> I went out to do night check and lo and behold, there is one
> of my  
> ewes, dragging her hind leg around. Not a mark on it but I
> am almost  
> positive it's broken. Roy is in Virginia, I can't
> hit a vein without  
> someone to hold her, I don't have a gun here. Eff me.
> 
> I can go out there with a big damn knife and slit her
> throat, which I  
> really, really, really don't want to do, or call the
> vet in and have  
> her put down in the middle of a Friday effing night and
> have the vet  
> charge me out the effing ***.
> 
> I got enough Banamine into her IM that I'm sure the
> pain isn't  
> horrendous, but I've never od-ed something on IM drugs,
> I don't even  
> know if it can be done.
> 
> And to make it worse, this ewe was one of our orphans,
> which Roy  
> pretty much bottle raised and whom he has an attachment to.
> 
> Can I just say again, EFF ME and my stupid effing luck.
> Poor ewe.
> 
> Ok. Now I need to go figure out how to kill this poor
> beast.
> 
> Bugger.
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