mysunwolf - four acres and some sheep

[mysunwolf]

split testicles? Can you post a picture please?

Ta-da!

These are shaped like a heart. Best I've seen is just weak attachment of the two halves of the sack, not really an issue and looks almost normal. Worst I've seen is two separate testes sacks that look like fat fingers, really disturbing. It all certainly cuts down on ram lambs I can sell, though

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Very interesting...

 

[Mike CHS]

I haven't run across that yet but I would be looking at the male/female that is passing the trait. I'm sure you already are.

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for posting that picture. I haven't seen that before. Since a breeding ram is all about the testicles, anything like that is certainly not wanted. That makes you

 

[mysunwolf]

I haven't run across that yet but I would be looking at the male/female that is passing the trait. I'm sure you already are.

Yes, though I think it's in both my lines. Stronger in one than the other, almost bred out in a few certain individuals. I assume it's recessive. Very common in the dairy breeds, I assume for the same reasons as we have other negative traits: because along the way someone decided more milk production was more important.

Thanks for posting that picture. I haven't seen that before. Since a breeding ram is all about the testicles, anything like that is certainly not wanted. That makes you

It's so frustrating!! It doesn't affect the females in any way, just the boys.

 

[Latestarter]

It's so frustrating!! It doesn't affect the females in any way, just the boys.

Maybe that's because females don't have testes? Just a thought...

 

[mysunwolf]

Peaches lambed this morning, I discovered her in labor when I went out to feed Sammie. She had the head out but was really straining and crying, so again I just pulled the elbows out so she could do the rest. But then she left her lamb laying in the dirt and trotted back to her mom and sister. *Sigh.* She was extremely traumatized from the whole thing and doing major teeth grinding. This ram lamb is HUGE, too. These last few ewes were over-fed during the wrong times of pregnancy because I thought lambing would be in February / March. So I kind of screwed up the whole thing this year for the first-timers.

Gave Peaches banamine to ease the pain, she is extremely swollen and still hasn't passed the placenta (unusual for my girls). Then gave molasses water, which she sucked down, and nutri drench to her and baby. Then held her while baby nursed. She's not headbutting baby, she's just ignoring him, not calling to him, just generally spaced out and confused. Obviously they are jugged. We'll see how it goes over the next few days and if I can get them to bond.

Peaches has the best FF udder I have ever seen at 13 months old, has great parasite resistance (was wormed least out of all her peers, and as an adult is wormed 1-2x a year as a precaution), and her ram lamb does not have split testicles, so these are the good things. The ram lamb will be for sale, just have to get him stabilized. Hopefully next year she'll do better and I'll do a better job feeding, but if not more milk for me! I hope to weigh him soon, I think he's over 12lbs

 

[mysunwolf]

Maybe that's because females don't have testes? Just a thought...

 

[mysunwolf]

Oh and here is part of a larger article on judging goats that I found. Some breeds of middle eastern goats have split scrotums.

 

[Baymule]

that's a handsome ram lamb!