Sheepshape
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It's a bit quiet on the sheep front at the moment, so I thought I'd take a few pics.
It's that time of year that I'm having to decide who will be kept for breeding from my ram lambs. Some ram lambs have already gone to market, and I've narrowed it down to 4. 3 will be swopped with a neighbour to 'inject new blood' and the Leicester will be kept for producing mules.....he seems a bit 'under developed in the scrotal stakes' for this year....so his time to shine will probably be next year.
Here's the 4 of them.
Bill....Blue Faced Leicester ram lamb. Nice big head and placid temperament, but 'needs to grow some'
Dark Matter. Beulah Speckled Face. Big, heavy lamb......seems more than capable
Slightly odd pic......there's another ram lamb behind him.
Dexter......solid muscle.....not aggressive at all.
Plankton.
Plankton takes the crown....56kg (only had lamb creep for last 2 days, so must have eaten a lot of grass). Scores very well on the 3 'T's....teeth, toes and testicles......particularly the last one.....huge! Well I'm hoping these boys are not going to let me (or my neighbour) down.
Any excuse for taking pics.will do for me.
It's that time of year that I'm having to decide who will be kept for breeding from my ram lambs. Some ram lambs have already gone to market, and I've narrowed it down to 4. 3 will be swopped with a neighbour to 'inject new blood' and the Leicester will be kept for producing mules.....he seems a bit 'under developed in the scrotal stakes' for this year....so his time to shine will probably be next year.
Here's the 4 of them.
Bill....Blue Faced Leicester ram lamb. Nice big head and placid temperament, but 'needs to grow some'
Dark Matter. Beulah Speckled Face. Big, heavy lamb......seems more than capable
Slightly odd pic......there's another ram lamb behind him.
Dexter......solid muscle.....not aggressive at all.
Plankton.
Plankton takes the crown....56kg (only had lamb creep for last 2 days, so must have eaten a lot of grass). Scores very well on the 3 'T's....teeth, toes and testicles......particularly the last one.....huge! Well I'm hoping these boys are not going to let me (or my neighbour) down.
Any excuse for taking pics.will do for me.