Muckle Mull was the ram lamb born this year that was rather large and his mum Zanzibar needed a wee bit of help getting his huge head out. He was a cute cute lamb, but we were rather disappointed by his rather blah feeling fleece and thought he was going to be chops and kabobs. It seemed odd given his great genetics.
A couple of months later his fleece started getting crimpy and butter soft, so I decided he'd remain here as a fiber wether because he has such a nice fleece and it is a beautiful grey with a blue cast (Emsket).
Unfortunately I left banding WAY too late and his testicles were too big to fit through the bander. I also did this with Rum, the super friendly black ram and had to have him surgically altered (banding would cost about $.04 versus surgery at $120....I won't forget again!). SO....we decided Mull with stay here as a breeding ram for at least this season and will have four ladies to woo for a month.
Deja, Gaia, Elle, and Daisy will be his breeding group.
Lower back
Mid side (last rib)
"Why are you doing this to me...."
There has been a lot of wooing going on through the fence the past few weeks and the girls will be put in with him soon for mid April to Early May lambs.
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Beautiful looking beasts. Do you have to 'dip' them? I was put off keeping sheep by a cousin who said they'd need dipping quite often. It didn't appeal to my non-chemical attitude.
ReplyDeleteNope. We don't have much issue with sheep keds here. They do get chemical wormers if they need them but those are oral.
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