[Jacob-list] tails and what buyers like

[Linda]

Hi Elaina,

I'm talking about the breeders market - not the ethnic market.

 From what I understand about the Islamic market, a docked tail is 
considered a blemish and some occasions call for an unblemished animal. 
I've had some that won't take a ram with a broken horn. That is rare, 
though. I haven't had any mention the tails, but I'm guessing that some 
ethnic buyers don't realize that the tail has been docked. I'm pretty 
far from the the big ethnic markets, so my experience is limited.

Linda

On 5/31/2012 8:50 PM, Avillion Farm wrote:

> HI Linda or anyone else with similar experience, when you say the 

> market likes them docked, what exactly

> do you mean?  My ethnic buyers want them both intact and with the tail 

> left long, i.e. not docked.  Some of

> them are fairly adamant about it.  The language barrier makes it a 

> little hard to understand exactly why.

> I have also sold undocked lambs to 4H and FFA kids who show them and 

> no one seemed worried about the

> long tails.  From an aesthetic standpoint, I rather like their tails 

> myself.

> Elaina

>

>

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