[blackbelly] butcher ram

2006-12-29 Thread Johnson, Oneta
I have a question.  We are butchering our first lamb in February.  Is it
ok to leave him a ram or will it mess with the meat like it does on
other animals.  He will be about 13 months old and we have him in with
everyone since they are pregnant so he is not by himself.  Oneta

 

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[blackbelly] American Blackbelly sheep BLACK?

2006-12-29 Thread Elizabeth Willhite
Hi all, you're always so helpful to us newbie Shepard's...
Started lambing here in Freezing SW Idaho. (We let our ram roam) Had a
big nice healthy bouncing baby boy last week. Woke up this morn to
twins :-) Both up and healthy and females. This
is moms first and she is taking to both of them well. We were a little
surprised to see the 2nd one as it is pure black and cute as can be.
How often does this happen in AB's? Are they more or less sought after
on the (meatless) market or does it matter? Or is it considered a
defect so to speak- thinking of wool sheep? Does it occur often as I
have never seen an AB black sheep. The dad is sausage now as he
was the ornery one I whined about a few months ago to ya all. But I am
thinking it must be coming from the ewe as she has more back on her
back sides than the rest of our flock. I have her mother and she is
*normal* in color. Have never known her mother to have black lambs.
The ewe's father is the father of the black lamb as well and don't
know of any black lambs he has sired outher than this one.
TIA,
Elizabeth
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Re: [blackbelly] butcher ram

2006-12-29 Thread Elizabeth Willhite
We just had a 13 month old AB Ram butchered last week. Tasted great
and we got 48 lbs for the freezer (w/bones)-- he wasn't weighed before
hand.

Our *ornery* 4 year old Ram was butchered a few months ago. Chickened
out on having him cut up as usual - was afraid of taste problems due
to age, so made him all summer sausage, was 49 lbs boned out. Better
than Hickory Farms ;-)

   3. butcher ram (Johnson, Oneta)
 I have a question.  We are butchering our first lamb in February.  Is it
 ok to leave him a ram or will it mess with the meat like it does on
 other animals.  He will be about 13 months old and we have him in with
 everyone since they are pregnant so he is not by himself.  Oneta
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Re: [blackbelly] American Blackbelly sheep BLACK?

2006-12-29 Thread Cecil Bearden
I had several that I started out with.  One of my black ewes gave birth 
to a blackbelly colored lamb, a black ewe lamb and a blonde ewe lamb.  
The blonde has 2 inch horns.  Shehas always gave birth to blackbelly 
marked lambs.  The black ewe lamb later was sold and  was bred to 
another black colored lamb and gave birth to a white lamb. 

Ain't genetics a crap shoot

Cecil in OKla

Elizabeth Willhite wrote:
 Hi all, you're always so helpful to us newbie Shepard's...
 Started lambing here in Freezing SW Idaho. (We let our ram roam) Had a
 big nice healthy bouncing baby boy last week. Woke up this morn to
 twins :-) Both up and healthy and females. This
 is moms first and she is taking to both of them well. We were a little
 surprised to see the 2nd one as it is pure black and cute as can be.
 How often does this happen in AB's? Are they more or less sought after
 on the (meatless) market or does it matter? Or is it considered a
 defect so to speak- thinking of wool sheep? Does it occur often as I
 have never seen an AB black sheep. The dad is sausage now as he
 was the ornery one I whined about a few months ago to ya all. But I am
 thinking it must be coming from the ewe as she has more back on her
 back sides than the rest of our flock. I have her mother and she is
 *normal* in color. Have never known her mother to have black lambs.
 The ewe's father is the father of the black lamb as well and don't
 know of any black lambs he has sired outher than this one.
 TIA,
 Elizabeth
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