As some of you know we also have a 1/2 racka ram that we just started using
and have about a dozen babies on the ground now . If you look at our website
you will see him and a few of the recent babies.
www.freewebs.com/mossyspringsranch We started breeding for the open horns
before knowing that we could get racka here in this country via the AI
program. But it does take several years to do any breeding. But with our
open horns we are hoping to get the upright horns at some point. Nancy
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Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 15:18:34 -0800
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Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] line breeding
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We have line bred for about 5 years to get the horn traits that we want.
We
started with Wingnut bred him to his daughters once. Then took a son
Junior and bred him to those first of his dads which were basically his
sisters and then the young ones. We did this twice and then used a son of
his Zaggy a couple of times. We have pretty well acheived our horn look.
Every so often we get tight horns but for the most part all are open some
more than others. The widest we keep for trophy stock. Hopefully at 3 to
4
years we will be able to sell them for hunting/breeding stock. Nancy
Nancy, your Ram's interesting horn growth reminds me of Racka sheep.
http://www.sheep101.info/Images/Racka.jpg
Do you know if you have any Racka in your sheep? (sorry if it's been
answered before)
-Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies.
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Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:21:43 -0800
From: Rick Krach rickkr...@hotmail.com
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Thanks, Michael. ?I really love to see pictures like that of other
people's ranches!You had frost, we had snow and I got 700 hundred of
pictures of it. When I get them limited down to a decent size I'll put
that posting here, too.
Rick Krach
Auburn, CA 95602
So, if anyone else has more pictures of their places, add them to the
list, too. ?Thanks,
Rick Krach
Auburn, CA 95602
Rick, I we had a nice-looking frost yesterday and still some Autumn
colors, so here's the small posting.
http://web.me.com/mwsmith100/2009_bottle_lambs/Autumn_2009.html
all shot with my old Casio Exilm pocket camera.
-Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies
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Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:44:10 -0600
From: blueberryfarm blueberryf...@bellsouth.net
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Subject: [Blackbelly] Growth Rate for American Blackbelly Sheep
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Fellow Shepherds,
I have 5 ABB wethers that were born in February. Their weights now range
between 34 and 53 pounds. They have always been pasture fed, except for
some occasional sweet feed to keep them trained to the bucket.
Do you'll experience similar variation in growth weights? Are these
weights
in the normal range for 9-10 month wethers?
I appreciate your comments.
Jerry Kirby
Windmill Farms LLC
Picayune, MS
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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:40:36 -0800
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