John,
Hi there! I read your message and I know that you wrote to James specifically but thought I would put in a few words on this.
We had a "polled " ram lamb born from a horned sire last fall. As Carol explained the genetics thing to me, this can happen and I come to believe that it might be recessive since it doesn't happen very often. We swapped him for another ram lamb to start another flock with a new bloodline with some nice folks from Kansas who wanted a "polled " ram lamb. BUT as Carol also said and I did follow her advice, I let this couple know UP FRONT that he had HORNED GENETICS in him. He also had what is referred to as " elf ears" which his mother has. But the next set of twins his mother had produced a ram with regular ears and a ram lamb with " elf ears " so who knows what is recessive and what isn't.
We also have some that end up with white " socks" cause our ram has socks. I guess I don't mind that so it doesn't bother me. I raise these animals to eat, sell, and for the enjoyment of watching them and caring for them. They are beautiful and graceful animals and so EASY to take care of. I just wnated to say that it is possible to have a polled ram from a horned sire. I know that also some of our ewes have horned genetics. One has scurs but seems to lose them every year and then they come back and they are gone again. Just assume that they break off.
Just another point of view from a lover of these sheep. Sue Miller
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