Sounds like a hermaphrodite. I'd put her right in the freezer. With goats, you sometimes see it when you breed polled to polled. As far as I know, they're always sterile.
In goats you sometimes get freemartins as well, generally when you have triplets or higher with only one female in the group. The testoserone seems to affect her, and although she'll look female, she'll never breed. Dunno if sheep ever have that happen or not. Krista --- William Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I gathered a few ramlambs today to band for my next > door neighbor. I > told him he could have some for his place but only > wethers. We went to > band one and flipped it over. IT WAS A FEMALE! 3 > months old with about 4 > inch horns which is about average for my ramlambs at > this age. I was > able to feel a couple of suspicious knots(balls) > around the area where a > male's testicles would be, but they were under the > skin. She had female > plumbing including 2 teats. > I have had females with small scurs, but that was > after they were a year > or two old. But this female cannot be distinguished > from the other > ramlambs without flipping her over. > Is this farily common? Don't remember anyone talking > about it. Do you > think I should do anything about it? Does anyone > know if she will be > like a "normal" female as she matures? > Thanks, > Chris B. > > > =============================================== > 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]/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover =============================================== 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]/
