[Jacob-list] question on horns

[Linda]

Weak laterals on ewe lambs is a trait that I've been selecting against for over 10 years and I don't see them much anymore, but I imagine I will again.  I can definitely remember a number of ewes with weak laterals that did also show a tippy formation on one or both tops.   I can also remember some with weak laterals that showed a more normal configuration on the tops.  What I can't remember right off is a ewe with tippy tops that did not have weak laterals.  Kinda looking at from the other direction than you are.  I do have an old ewe with a forward tipped top horn and a missing lateral on one side and a short firm lateral on the other.  I'm uncertain if she ever had a good lateral on the one side.  She has produced strong four horns on her ewe lambs.  

Linda


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On Fri, 6 May 2005 12:05:49 -0700 (PDT), Mary Hansson wrote:
> Linda and all,
>
> My memory of the vast majority of ewes presenting with well-
> attached top horns and weak/small laterals also includes some other
> traits I don't really like such as extra wool on the head (up to
> but behind the horns) and "tippy" top horns. 
>
> By "tippy", I am referring to the more bent top horns.  Sometimes
> the bend is forward, sometimes away towards the ears in an
> arc.....but not straight or close.
>
> Could you go out and look at your flocks and see if this
> configuration is more prevalent among listers?  This is just my
> overall "mental picture" I think of when thinking of the ewes with
> crappy laterals.
>
> Mary Ellen
>
>
> Mary Ellen Hansson, MEd, RD, LDN
> ISeeSpots Farm
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