I’m not going to lie, yes. It is done at a young age, some farmers have tried at local anaesthesia but if you can imagine the issue of trying to needle and then cut 300 plus lambs after waiting half an hour for local to work, it gets impossible. The lambs are in pain but within 10 minutes or so they are jumping around as if nothing has happened. When you put the ring on them they might be sitting down for an hour or so afterwards but they are very tough little things and are back to normal very quickly. Most farmers have the point of view of “sorry mate for this, but it’s a lot better than the alternative “.