[Jacob-list] No Horns

[Abigail Brown]

Hello Lou Ann and all:

When we got our jacobs 5 years ago, I picked out a ewe
that did not have horns. After she is sheered you can
see what I call 'nubbies', where her horns should be.
All of her off spring have been two horned. She is our
only 'non-horned' jacob that we have.

Abigail Brown
Shiloh Farm
Indiana

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--- Bill Thompson <emma at netins.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone, I am enjoying hearing about all the new
> babies.  Ours will not be until the 15th of April.
> We have had 10 of our ewes seperated for 8 weeks and
> just moved them back together today.  Our Ram is not
> to happy,  needless to say.  Only reason to move
> them back is that I wanted the bulk of the herd
> together.
>     I have a question for you all,  one of my twin
> ewes born last May has never developed any horns at
> all,  the top of the head looks like there are two
> cowlicks, but I can't feel any nubs of a horn.  Is
> this normal?  She and her twin are smaller than
> other lambs we have had other years.  I figured that
> is because of our fire in March.  All my lambs were
> smaller and half were still born.  All of the ewes
> and the Ram were from Sheep we got from the Nortons
> in Decorah, so I know they are of good lines, I just
> had not heard anyone talk about having sheep without
> some kind of horn.
>     
>     Thanks, Lou Anne Thompson in S.W. Iowa
> 
> 


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