[Jacob-list] tails and what buyers like

[Carl Fosbrink]

I sell a lot of my culls to Mexicans, but am not familiar with other nationalities preferences.


From: Linda 
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:53 AM
To: Avillion Farm 
Cc: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] tails and what buyers like


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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