[blackbelly] butcher ram
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 Don't tell GOD what to do, just report for duty! ___ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[blackbelly] American Blackbelly sheep BLACK?
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 ___ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [blackbelly] butcher ram
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 ___ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
Re: [blackbelly] American Blackbelly sheep BLACK?
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 ___ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info llysheep.info ___ This message is from the blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info