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

[Betty Berlenbach]

I don’t find any difference either; however, I’ve heard it said that if you want to be sure of no ram=iness taste in your slaughtered rams, butcher them in a month without an “r” in it. That has nothing to do with r’s but only that rams are seldom in rut from May through August: those are the months without r’s in them, so they don’t smell as bad, and hence, they meat theoretically should not smell like ram either.  That said, I think it’s important in meat sheep, but in jacobs and shetlands, I don’t think it makes one bit of difference when they’re butchered.

From: Linda 
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 9:01 PM
To: Christi Churchill 
Cc: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com ; Carl Fosbrink 
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Jacob-list Digest, Vol 98, Issue 18

We've butchered three year old rams and the meat is still mild tasting. I don't generally band any of my ram lambs unless I have one that I want to keep as a fleece wether or a wether buddy. When I have the room, I prefer to raise ram lambs for our own use up to around 15 months.
Linda . 


On 6/22/2012 8:05 PM, Christi Churchill wrote:

  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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