What kind of sheep are these?

[Kyleesowner]

In my limited knowledge I would say Katahdin cross too...I have some dorper crosses that look similar to the black and white one, but my purebred Katadin ram as that same black and white holstein look too. I am assuming that these are older pics and not them at 3 months old - they would be small for 3 month old sheep, especially the b&w one.

I think they are current

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

As bottle babies they are prob on target. The times we've had to bottle sheep they were always smaller than dam raised. They're also sale barn culls so my guess is they pulled the smallest of twins,trips etc and dumped them. They don't look thin so I wouldn't worry overly about height, especially if they are pets.

 

[bcnewe2]

The blk and wht one looks wormy.
My sheep look Luke that, mine are dorper and katahdin crosses.
Those pics look like 2 month old sheep to me.

 

[Kyleesowner]

Now they are saying the age was a guess.

I agree with whats being said on worms and stuff.

 

[Kyleesowner]

As bottle babies they are prob on target. The times we've had to bottle sheep they were always smaller than dam raised. They're also sale barn culls so my guess is they pulled the smallest of twins,trips etc and dumped them. They don't look thin so I wouldn't worry overly about height, especially if they are pets.

Goats are the same way. I prefer dam raised. I think your right on this. They will only be pets but I still want a heathly pet that will do well.

 

[woodsie]

If all you want is pets/lawnmowers they will probably do fine for you....they have healthy alert looking eyes and they are not skinny. Worm them, vaccinate them and if they are a good deal go for it. They certainly are cute enough to keep as pets!

Size is definitely an issue when you are breeding/raising for meat but if you want them for a pet you might want smaller sheep anyhow. Bottle babies definitely have more problems but I would think by 2 to 3 months you should be over the worst of the issues and bottle babies will definitely be more friendly...my dam-raised lambs don't come near me even at 2 weeks old, even though I would love to hold them as they are soooo stinkin cute!

 

[SheepGirl]

The blk/wht one looks Dorper x Katahdin and the cream one looks Katahdin x St. Croix. Then again they could just be pure Katahdins. But definitely hair sheep (which means they don't produce wool). They look pretty small for 2 mos. though. I would say they are probably 5-7 wks old. Definitely older than one month, but they look younger than two.

 

[BrownSheep]

For bottle babies they don't look that far off to me. I have two bottle baby weathers that are three months that aabounds bit bigger than the white guy .Not being on moms milk does take a huge toll on growth. More so on the boys than the girls in my exprience.

 

[Kyleesowner]

Thank you all for your opinions/information. I have decided not to take the trade. I think id rather start my sheep ownership with some dam raised babies, or at least some Im a bit more sure about. Just not sure about these guys. And id like the person Im getting them from to be sure of their info and not change how old they are a few times.

 

[bcnewe2]

I'm not fond of bottle babies but if I wanted to start a flock and had a few it wouldn't bother their lambs. Id be more worried about sale barn sheep. Ya never know what you'll bring home.
Maybe its just me, but I always think I'll remember exactly when something was born but in a few months I don't remember! So I understand the changing age thing.