[Jacob-list] more on the horns

[Linda]

Isn't it just logical? In order to get more space, you have to move the horns further apart (OK - that's a bit redundant :- D).  You could do that in one of four ways - move the laterals back or down, move the tops forward, get a bigger head, or get smaller diameter horns. (or get horns in proportion to the head - my first choice).  It may be possible to breed the laterals into a different placement, but I believe the lateral placement is more or less fixed.  

Linda
 
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 08:15:31 -0700, Robin Lynde wrote:
>>> If the horns get too far apart, then you have the opposite
>>> condition of forward tipped horns, which is also bad. In our
>>> flock, there is a strong relationship between forward tipped
>>> horns and split eye-lid defect.
>>>
>        I have been trying to get better horn spacing and, sure
> enough, its the ram lambs with the best spacing that also have the
> forward tipped horns. I hadn't thought that those traits were
> related. Darn.
>
> Robin Lynde
> Meridian Jacobs
> Vacaville, CA
> www.meridianjacobs.com

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