The new Ram

[shawnfisher]

Yep, Montadales are huge My sheep are Montadales x Babydoll Southdown crosses, but even my 1/2 Montadale is a pretty big sheep (though of course not as big as a full montadale). When my neighbor had Montadales, I was always amazed at their size. But then he crossed them all with a BS ram to get smaller sheep. But what's funny is Montadales aren't even the biggest breed. Suffolks (frames, not the wether type) are like 4 ft tall at the shoulder. They're like little ponies!

ha, montadales will be closer to the bottom of the sedalia sheep in terms of size-- than they will be to the top...

Personally, my goal here is to raise a 45" tall yearling ram, someday.. but for right now, i'll stick to the 40 and 42" bucks...

The biggest sheep I've ever saw measured 46" tall at the shoulder, big range Suffolk.

 

[purplequeenvt]

Can I have him?? Please????? I really want to get Dorpers! I love their look. The closet thing I have is a Dorper/Border Leicester ram.

That cross seems interesting. Did the ram keep the dorper body? I love the border leicester ears. Does he have those?

He is built like a Dorper, though not quite as heavy and he has wool. He has Dorper ears. We also raise Border Leicesters so I am fond of BL ears too. He is also spotted and he passed that on to a bunch of his lambs.

was that the speckled ram you showed me a picture of that looked like my percentage dorper?

Yes!

 

[RemudaOne]

Congrats on your new sheep Remuda

Liz

Lol, I WISH Liz! These are Sarah's sheep

 

[Cornish Heritage]

Whoops! Sorry!

Congratulations Sarah

 

[TexasShepherdess]

LOL! All us dorper folks just kinda blend together! Ill post the picture of me with the montedale.

 

[bonbean01]

Congratulations on your new sheep...they look great! We have a Dorper/Kat cross here and I like the looks of the Dorpers the best and hubby likes the looks of the Kats the best...so, it works

 

[TexasShepherdess]

here is the montedale..and me..I am 5'2..and standing just a pinch higher then him.he is a yearling ram.

 

[shawnfisher]

here is the montedale..and me..I am 5'2..and standing just a pinch higher then him.he is a yearling ram.
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/179174_446708532016216_900005372_n.jpg

who did your ram come from? I hear the top 2 Mont yearling rams sold good, the next several sold poor. and the final bucks didn't sell.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

That Montadale is big, but to me I don't think of them as huge (but they are huge compared to Dorpers!). I think of Rambouillets as huge, or Columbias. We had a Rambo ram that was HUGE. When I stood next to him and held his head, it was just under my chin and I'm 5'6"! Good thing he was gentle.

 

[Gracie9205]

Where does everyone get information on the sales? I'm guessing I would need to join a club of my breed of choice?