I think by now you have the answer that these
"critters" really can leap! I was loading up some
young lambs to go to the sale barn one year. I had
some ewes that were VERY skiddish. when I came back
into the barn where I had them one of these ewes met
me. I'm almost 6' foot and caught her by the le
I've had several lambs begin what I thought was black,
but as they grew, They were really a very dark
mahogany brown with a black belly. The Ewe that gives
me these lambs the most often is one of my original
Three "Barbado" Ewes. She had dark coloring, but no
Blackbelly marking at all.
--- Elizabe
Well, since I've got the wasp nest stirred up, I might
as well swat it again. My ram, who is of fair size,
about 90 lbs. don't think my barn door could handle a
bigger ram. (he uses it for a battering ram, punching
bag). My question now is who carries the genetics for
the size of the horn. I know t
Time for a dumb question that has probably been ask
before. What in the world is the differance between a
blackbelly and a corsican.
--- Nancy & Tom Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello, I hope everyone in the midwest is all safe
> and sound. Our sheep woke
> up the other morning to 14"
Hi There Terry:
Don't know a whole lot about horn genetics, but I have
had several, four I think (would have to look at my
records to tell how many for sure). But I may not be
qualified because my herd Ram's twin was a poll, and
two of his offspring's have been polled. One of them
snuck up on my (
Cecil:
I've been going thru the ups and downs of Oklahoma's
market too. I'm on the border of Oklahoma and
Arkansas, and take my sheep about 35 miles to
market(Wistor OK) A couple of months ago I sold 3
rams, 2 a little over a year old and a younger one
about 8 months old, two had trophy horns and
Took a little trip to the sale barn on the boarder of
Oklahoma and Arkansas, and the prices were low at this
sale also. There were several ABB Rams sold and none,
even some with what I thought were very good horns,
brought less then $100. dollars. Some of the ewes
brought around $45. dollars. I've
