critique this lamb

[emeraldmistfarm]

Can somebody please critique this lamb for me. i'd like to know if she has good conformation. All opinions appreciated. Click on the links to view the photos.
Thanks
Lauren

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[feed grass]

what breed is she supposed to be? looks texel-ish to me, but a half breed.

Most typically, bottle lambs are hard to evaluate.

 

[emeraldmistfarm]

Thanks for your comment. We dont know what breed she is which is quite a problem, all in all should we show her?

 

[SheepGirl]

The pictures aren't very good. Can you get down on her level and take a picture so we can see her straight on, rather than from the top? And then for the back view, make sure we can see her legs--with the picture you provided it's impossible to see her leg and foot structure. A front picture would be nice, too

Are you showing her as a breeding ewe or a market lamb?

 

[feed grass]

if she's a bottle lamb- and you intend to be competitive and win at whatever show you go to-- then I don't suggest showing her-- irregardless of her body style...

If you don't care about winning, and just want to have fun-- then her body conformation is irrelevant, and you're going to show the lamb anyways-- irregardless of what the people of this board tell you.

 

[BrownSheep]

I think it depends on what's being shown in your area. Most areas focus on the club lamb look. Which I wouldn't say your lamb has. SheepGirl was right to say your photos make her a little hard to judge. The angle of the photos is really the issue. From what I could make out she looked like a nice stout lamb. I very rarely show the club lambs and have shown lambs like yours in the past. If your not aiming for grand champion you'll do fine.

 

[emeraldmistfarm]

well a show is coming up in a few weeks and theres a section for best ewe lamb other than suffolk cross. we might enter that. We'll try and get more pics of her over the days. Our area doesnt have the club lamb look. We dont intend to win,win,win just to do well such as 6th place and up. She is really friendly and we are currently training her to go on the lead at the moment.

 

[Godsgrl]

if she's a bottle lamb- and you intend to be competitive and win at whatever show you go to-- then I don't suggest showing her-- irregardless of her body style...

If you don't care about winning, and just want to have fun-- then her body conformation is irrelevant, and you're going to show the lamb anyways-- irregardless of what the people of this board tell you.

Can you expand on this a bit more? Why would you not want to show a bottle baby? Not trying to be defensive, I'm just naive, and want to learn. Thank you!!

 

[feed grass]

if she's a bottle lamb- and you intend to be competitive and win at whatever show you go to-- then I don't suggest showing her-- irregardless of her body style...

If you don't care about winning, and just want to have fun-- then her body conformation is irrelevant, and you're going to show the lamb anyways-- irregardless of what the people of this board tell you.

Can you expand on this a bit more? Why would you not want to show a bottle baby? Not trying to be defensive, I'm just naive, and want to learn. Thank you!!

Most typically, when I go to enter the showring-- i try to win...

It had better be an extraordinary super good growing lamb, or very late in the year so they young and bottle lambs have caught up. I've shown alot of sheep in my times, and the only bottle lamb I can think of showing at this point in time was a March ewe lamb we showed at Louisville the very first year we went-- and she cracked the top 10...

But then again- I strive for something a little higher than a county fair-- course when I did that circuit-- the bottle lambs stayed home anyways...

 

[emeraldmistfarm]

We plan to show her when she's fully grown