I also forgot to mention that we have the open long horn but this has got to
go "Up" and also sprial tightly to look like the racka pictured. Some Rackas
also go more out like our "Brewsky" which I show on our site. This is going
to take saving alot of ewe lambs and rams since we don't know exactly what
they will do until older as far as the curl. Plus ewes have to be at least 2
and have had a set of lambs before they can be AI'd. So we want to make sure
what traits they can through before the expense of this proceedure. Thanks
for looking at our sheep. Nancy
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Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 15:18:34 -0800
From: Michael Smith <mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] line breeding
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From: "Nancy & Tom Richardson" <cjarr...@centurytel.net>
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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