[Jacob-list] tails and what buyers like

[Carl Fosbrink]

The Mexicans are used to eating goats instead of sheep because goats do better in the hot Mexican climate, but I have a friend and helper who is Mexican/American and he has gotten the local Mexicans interested in the sheep. Besides they look like goats don't they. They have horns so they must be goats. : )


From: Linda 
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 8:42 PM
To: Carl Fosbrink 
Cc: Avillion Farm ; jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] tails and what buyers like


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 
  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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