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Don't know for sure yet. Structurally he is nice looking and not hideous lol. He is starting to develop muscle/stockiness now. He's mainly frame as of right now though (look at how tall he is lol). Performance wise, he comes from a good ewe (200% drop rate over her life, and I'm really impressed with how between Jan 2012 and March 2013 she got pregnant twice and had 5 lambs) and he's gaining okay. His ADG increases every time I weigh him (whereas with Rosie it is starting to decrease), so I'm hopeful he will have a good weaning weight. He will probably have a pretty good adjusted weaning weight (his adjusted 30 day ADG would be 0.484).
I think I may leave him intact and use him on a few of my ewes and then sell him. But he is a really, really nice lamb--super friendly, loves to be scratched, loves the side of his face stroked--so I may wether him and sell him as a pet. But if I can't find anyone to take him as a wether I will take him to auction. Or I may sell him to my uncle who's been wanting to buy one of my lambs to eat lol. Or maybe I will use him for the carcass contest at the fair.
eta: If he would've been born a twin I would've probably castrated him already. But since he was a triplet, it makes me want to keep him intact since this is my first personal set of triplets
lol Only two of my neighbor's ewes have had trips, one was 1/2 Montadale and one was a purebred Montadale. Sooo because it is 'rare' for my sheep's bloodlines to have triplets it makes me want to keep him intact to encourage more sets of triplets! lol
I think I may leave him intact and use him on a few of my ewes and then sell him. But he is a really, really nice lamb--super friendly, loves to be scratched, loves the side of his face stroked--so I may wether him and sell him as a pet. But if I can't find anyone to take him as a wether I will take him to auction. Or I may sell him to my uncle who's been wanting to buy one of my lambs to eat lol. Or maybe I will use him for the carcass contest at the fair.
eta: If he would've been born a twin I would've probably castrated him already. But since he was a triplet, it makes me want to keep him intact since this is my first personal set of triplets
lol Only two of my neighbor's ewes have had trips, one was 1/2 Montadale and one was a purebred Montadale. Sooo because it is 'rare' for my sheep's bloodlines to have triplets it makes me want to keep him intact to encourage more sets of triplets! lol
Ciqala was the last to be sheared. She's actually a LOT thinner than what this photo shows. She's my thinnest sheep, like she's bony thin. But Emily said she thought she looked really good for getting pregnant twice and having five lambs in 15 months.
But I do love how she has gray/black markings while Katy Perry has brown/cinnamon markings. Makes it easy to tell them a part now that they have no wool!
