[Jacob-list] tails and what buyers like

[Linda]

Around here, the Mexicans are looking for meat. For some reason, they 
prefer goats and I don't get many wanting sheep. Wish I did as it's a 
good year round market and they just want a good meat animal.
There are two markets that want sheep for religious observances in my 
area - Islamics and Christian scholars. They want sheep on specific dates.
The Christian scholars want unblemished rams with no broken horns. 
Forward horns are fine :)
Linda


On 6/2/2012 1:11 PM, Carl Fosbrink wrote:

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

> nationalities preferences.

>

> *From:* Linda <mailto:patchworkfibers at windstream.net>

> *Sent:* Friday, June 01, 2012 10:53 AM

> *To:* Avillion Farm <mailto:avillionfarm at avillionfarm.com>

> *Cc:* jacob-list at jacobsheep.com <mailto: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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