On Saturday, March 30th, we tackled the issue of Madam's limp. Figuring out the problem Looking on the web, I found a fantastic guide to figure out the problem behind Madam's limp. This guide listed 6 possible problems that would cause limping and how to treat each one. After reading the guide, the big concern for us, besides Madam's health obviously, is whether or not the hoof problem is contagious or not. If it's contagious, then it's a lot more work for us to prevent the spread to the other sheep, not to mention screening them all for issues. Based on what we could spot from general observation, since the outside of the hoof looked like it was peeling off, we gathered supplies with the assumption that she probably has "Shelly hoof" which is treated with cleaning and trimming the hoof. Supplies I gathered based on what was available: sharp pruning shears (instead of the hoof trimmers that we would normally...