well, what is "pure" ABB, anyway? but I agree, he'd make a great trophy. As for his heritage, his markings are more troublesome to me than his horns. There's no pictures of it, but when he sheds, he has almost no black necktie. Only gets that marking when his ruff grows out. also has very small eyebrows. And his coat is not that red, more tan. Other than that he has a fine black belly, and no white sock markings or white blotches anywhere.
I've thought about calling the Texas hunting ranches to get some Mouflon, but they are pricey. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2013, at 7:04 AM, Mike Hummel <m...@soggytopfarm.com> wrote: > What a set of horns, makes me wonder if he is pure ABB. If you want to find > out what is worth, contact one of the many game preserves. They will pay you > big bucks to let some city slicker shoot him. > > On 10/7/2013 9:19 PM, Michael Smith wrote: >> (trying this again in plain text format) >> >> Anyone else got any recent pictures? >> >> My ABB Marley, the freebie ram who started it all for me. He came from >> a goat breeder who got him from a vet as a bottle baby, and had no >> idea what to do with him, so I got him for free. Born Feb 2008. >> >> He does not have the best markings of any of my 5 intact rams, but >> man, he has the horns! Every time I take my eye off him, those horns >> seem to have grown more. I've had one intact son and one grandson from >> him and their horn spread is not nearly as wide as his. They might >> have a good amount of total curl, but not a wide spread rack like his. >> He has two other grandsons who had weak ABB markings that are >> weathers. >> >> http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Animals/rams2013/32364864_kz9mSW#!i=2817598743&k=2zCmvtG >> >> enjoy >> >> normally, I might consider taxidermy to be a morbid way to keep an old >> pet, but in his case, I might make an exception. >> >> -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. >> _______________________________________________ >> This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list >> Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
