[Jacob-list] Jacob Market lamb

[Linda]

Thanks for sharing that. I'd enjoy seeing your study written up. How old 
were the lambs? I know you said earlier, but I can't find it quickly.

Do you EVER see much fat cover in Jacobs? We never see any in ours, even 
older rams, but we are not pouring the grain to them (actually not 
graining the rams at all). I have considered dry lotting some of my 
freezer lambs to see if I can get them to a more marketable weight by 
fall. One of the reasons is that I'd rather not having a bunch of cull 
rams eating my grass :-) I am not interested in breeding for a heftier 
Jacob! As far as fat cover, that's not something I really care about 
getting.  I'd be interested in hearing if you think you would be getting 
more marbling in the carcasses, if they were butchered now - or what you 
see when they are butchered. Will it be just a heavier fat cover, or fat 
throughout the meat?  Until I had Jacobs, I actually disliked the taste 
of lamb. I only told Dave I liked it so he'd be okay with me buying 
sheep. I love the meat we get from our Jacobs.

Did you do a feed to weight gain report? I'd be very interested in 
hearing how they gained in comparison with traditional meat breeds as 
well as a carcass dress out ratio.

Linda






gotothewhip at aol.com wrote:

>

>

> Well.. Update not is what I hoped.. Missed making Market weight... 

> DARN IT.... by 3 pounds with the bigger lamb!   The Weighmaster TRIED 

> so hard to get the scale to swing in our favor.... but couldnt do it! 

>  

> So The little gal will be showing as  feeder lambs  all 3 lambs.. the 

> 82 lb lamb and both lighter lambs (74 & 78 lbs)

>  

> Im pretty certain that they will show with the other breeds.. that 

> should be... INTERESTING.....

>  

> What i find curious.. is that even at 75-80 lbs.... Sheared off.. 

> these lambs are NOWHERE near finished.. they are pretty green with no 

> fat cover yet.. they are STILL growing!

>  

> This has been a fun process to over see as an Extension agent.  and 

> even moreso as a Jacob lover!

>  

> The Jacobs, dont want to brace up like the traditional meat breeds, 

> but get by well enough.  Obviously,,, height wise, they are WAY 

> behind... But that is to be expected!

>  

> Im curious to see how long it takes to finish them.  All of them will 

> be coming home and going on a all hay ration for a little while to 

> cool them off the grain we were pushing them with... We will finish 

> them out with the other lambs not on the market lamb protocol, and 

> butcher in Nov-Dec like we typically do.

>  

> I will get some photos of them in the ring tomarrow!

>  

> Jennifer Tucker

> Moose Mtn Ranch

> Bennett, CO

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