[Jacob-list] Horns on ram lamb

[fayg at mebtel.net]

Neil,

Not to be disagreeable ... but my 4 horn rams by volume are 6-10 times the size
of my oldest ewes, probably 5 x on length. I cant bring myself to band
demasculate any of by rams, but I have two twins of one of each .... would make
an interesting study ...

My favorite statistics quote is, there are 3 kinds of lies, lies, damn lies and
statistics.  

G

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

> There seems to be a difference of opinion on horn growth on wethers. I have 
> heard reports before of everything from ewe size to near ram size (though 
> not as robust). It is possible that all of these are correct.
> 
> In our flock, ram horns seem to be about 3 times the size of ewe's. Wether 
> horns seem to grow about 50% larger than ewe horns.
> 
> Just as an informal study, do several people have wethers that are siblings 
> to ewes and/or rams that could be measured and compared?
> 
> Neal Grose
> 
> "Statistics gives you a correct answer. That does not mean you have asked 
> the right question." STAT301
> 
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