[Jacob-list] Jacob-list Digest, Vol 98, Issue 18

[Peg Bostwick]

My perspective - I can't tell the difference between the meat from ram lambs
and wethers.   We do wether some young rams that clearly have no future as a
sire, but this is partly so that I can potentially sell them to spinners
flocks as non-breeding animals, and partly to minimize the "play fighting"
that goes on with the young rams.  

 

Peg Bostwick

 <mailto:peg at sweetgrass-jacobs.com> peg at sweetgrass-jacobs.com

517-626-6981

 

From: jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com
[mailto:jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com] On Behalf Of Christi Churchill
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 8:06 PM
To: Carl Fosbrink
Cc: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Jacob-list Digest, Vol 98, Issue 18

 

If butchering is planned, wouldn't NOT banding him reduce the taste quality
of the meat?  Curious because we have one whose testicles did not drop until
he was 5 weeks old.  They have dropped now, but I'd rather not band him as
long as the meat will be OK.

 

Christi

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Carl Fosbrink <fourhornfarm at frontier.com>
wrote:

My question is what do you intend to do with this ram that you think he
needs his scrotum banded? Do you intend to keep him for wool or have him
butchered at a later date or sell him? Banding a ram's scrotum at a year of
age is a dig deal and would be costly to have it done properly.

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From: "G & J Johnston" <westergladstone at btinternet.com>
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To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Jacob-list Digest, Vol 98, Issue 18

May I throw into the discussion the fact that here in Great Britain, banding
is not allowed after seven days of age.  This can sometimes be almost
impossible to stick to with hill flocks or with very small sheep such as
Soay.

Juliet

www.scothebs.co.uk


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