Thisd is, indeed, some of the type of information I am interested in-- my new ( actually, my very first foundayion animal) a barbados blackbelly lost a scur this past weekend, so I am extreme;y happy woth that! His wether buddy, had scurs that are visible, bit still short enough the little hair tuft can cover them pretty well. They are a month apaty oin age, with the wqether being older-- so I have 7 and 8 month old boys. The past couple weeks have been quite interesting, top say the least!!!
Someone mentioned, eithetr here or on another forum, how the boys dislike having their horn plates touched-- I have been brusdhing the faces and skulls of my boys since I got them two weeks ago, and currently, there is no touchiness about gently handling that area of their pretty little heads. I use a very soft brush on face/head and lower legs, and a stiffer brush and undercoat rake on their bodies. I can attest to the lack of lanolin in their coats-- as I am allergic to lanolin, and the only issue I am having is the wire-y coat texture. I can walk alongside one-- and the other follows-- they do follow that grain in a container sound!!! They both got away frpm me a few days ago--I made sure they saw me toss some corn into their safe pen, and they came a running- they are little pigs when it comes to the corn,, so as long as they can see clearly into the area I want them to go, they will follow, sometimes even lead! The boys are on weedwhacker duty right now-- I move a portable dog run-- 8x8 feet by 6 feet high areound a new set of trees every morning-- and by noon, the weeds are gone! These guys are doing grass only as a last resort! To them, poison ivy is candy, while timothy, rye, and orchard grass may as well be vegetables!!! I other areas, I can see things like milkweed, joe pye weed, forked aster, queen annes lace, wild strawberries, maple seedlings etc., all disappearing, while the grasses remain untouched-- gonna have to get some grass eaters now!!! Terry --- william bartlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi There Terry: > Don't know a whole lot about horn genetics, but I have > had several, four I think (would have to look at my > records to tell how many for sure). But I may not be > qualified because my herd Ram's twin was a poll, and > two of his offspring's have been polled. One of them > snuck up on my (one of those embarrassing moments) I > had put twins and their mother on my cousin's place, > telling him they were all girls. When I picked them up > four months later, one had a mane and OTHER > attachments! I do need to check and see what my > percentage is compared to the amount of horned rams > I've had. > --- Terry Wereb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hello folks-- this question is for all the American > > Blackbelly flock keepers out there--- > > > > Have you ever had, or do you know of, an American > > Blackbelly ram that produced POLLED ram lambs? Have > > you ever had, or do you know of, an American > > Blackbelly ewe that has had POLLED ram lambs when > > bred > > to a horned male? > > > > Terry W > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the blackbelly mailing list > > Visit the list's homepage at > > %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
