[Jacob-list] wethering lambs

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Around here I have seen week old Jacobs sell as high as $200 for the petting 
zoo and pet market.  I see a bottle baby as a failure and to create one on 
purpose is bad husbandry(in my opinion).  
As far as wethering, I quit doing that a couple of years ago and think the 
intact lambs grow a bit faster.
I also quit docking tails on potential locker lambs.
As a separate note, I had a jacobs ram bred to a Tunis ewe and got a red 
spotted ram lamb.  Not the best of spotting pattern, but it is red.  I have 
tried to do this for two years now and keep getting black lambs.