What do owners and breeders consider as truly important characteristics in the Blackbelly sheep or the most important qualities in the "breed".
What drew me to BBS/Barbado-type....(hair sheep): 1. Easy care. Hardy. Less or no immunization and worming needed. 2. Hair sheep, no tail docking necessary 3. natural birth w/ minimal/no human intervention necessary 4. Good mothering instincts. (ie. rare bottle babes) 5. Tasty, lean meat 6. Price 7. location from us 8. listed as a breed by ALBC (that was a nice extra) Horns or no horns didn't matter. Though, now I'm concerned about the horns, too. I've read that with the horned type there may be horns that grow too close to the face and will need careful filing should this occur. Anybody here with horn type have much a problem with that problem happening? I guess that would be a cull factor in the horned-type blackbelly? Diana =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
