[Jacob-list] horns

[Melody Hale]

 It seems that if people don't want horns, they should go for a polled breed.  The horns are a part of being "Jacob".  Publicizing polled Jacob crossbreeds is not going to be beneficial at all to preserving the breed.  It is just promoting crossbred animals that don't have the true characteristics of either breed.   Just IMHO, but I think there needs to be a definite separation between promoting Jacobs (purebred stock with true Jacob characteristics )   and crossbreeding for spinning fiber.   There is room for both approaches in the world, but if the Jacob breed is to be preserved as a true breed it needs to be promoted on its own merits--purebred, horns, spots and all!
Melody
  On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 08:00:31 -0800 (PST), Meg Steensland wrote:
  > Last year I had 3 nonJacobs (2 Montadales and a Katahdin) in with
  > my big Jacob ram and we got 2 polled ewes and a ram that went back
  > to the neighbor contributing the ewes.  I used one of the ewes in a
  > youth drawing at the fair and a 12 YO girl picked the KatahdinX and
  > her grandmother bought the lovely black MontadaleX for her own son. 
  >  The Katahdin had very Jacob markings but the other was almost pure
  > black.  Anyone else doing fiber experiments?  I had another offer
  > from an adult to buy the black ewe before the fair.  It is another
  > way to publicize Jacobs esp for people that can't countenance the
  > horns.  I just have the 2 girls this year, so if I get a ram, I
  > think I should wether him immediately unless someone pipes up and
  > wants him early on as a ram.



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