[Jacob-list] more on the horns

[Sharon Hill]

I have a forward horned ewe and one of the horns is
broken in half.  So seen from the side, she looks like
a short, spotted unicorn. 

Sharon Hill

--- Neal and Louise Grose <nlgrose at yadtel.net> wrote:

> In scientific terms, this is the "little pun'kin
> head theory".
> 
> I suppose you could also put the top horns fused on
> top of the head like a unicorn...
> 
> Rule # 1: Life is always more complicated than we
> would like it to be.
> 
> Neal
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Robin Lynde 
>   To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:15 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] more on the horns
> 
> 
>   >>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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