[Jacob-list] Jacob Crosses

[Jennifer]

Havve some interesting lambs.

We have a 4Her who keeps her sheep with us.  She has a 1/4 lincoln 3/4 Rambou. aged natural colored ewe.  She has had issues with too large of lambs in the last few years when bred to her lincoln ram.  nice, almost pure black lambs.. typucally with a spot on their heads like their his year, she AIed her ewe to a UK Corriedale... but she didnt take, so last minute, she asked if she could breed to one of my Jacob rams.  Of course, I was done breeding, so it wasnt a big deal.....
She lambed out this week, 2 nice 10 pound ram lambs.  They are spotted up like Jacobs.. one is a bit too dark, ears are WAY too big and head shape is off... but, good looking lambs, that had a more pointy nose than the ones in other years lambs, which allowed an assistance free delivery. a first for this ewe! 

Anyhow.. we were weighing them this morning, and it FEELS like they could be 4 horn lambs... however, instead of raised buds, they have depressions where horns would be... like a polled sheep....but 4 distinct spots....

We did a similar cross for a CVM ewe owned by another 4Her this year who had similar problems with oversized lambs..... she had large lambs, almost solid black, but both ram and ewe lambs have a weak set of horns (2 horns each) 

Both kids are making wethers out of the boys for the freezer (they are both talking about even showing them as finewool market lambs.. we have a class for that) The kiddo with the ewe lamb is keeping it in her natural colored flock as a breeing ewe,

Any input....the horn issues are quite curious...Also in one of the lambs born this week,., I may be mistaken, and overanalysing, but it looks like it may have a VERY mild nick to the upper eye lid...


Jennifer Tucker
Moose Mtn Ranch


Jennifer Tucker
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