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Two of the ram lambs look so good we were tempted to keep one for a herd sire but not knowing their history and who bred who we are working on getting a registered Katahdin for some fresh blood and upgrading to full Katahdin. We won't breed till July or August so we have time.

The weather made a lot of noise and it's a mud pit outside but no damage this time around.
 
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Were you going to keep all the ewes to expand your flock or sell some/all of them? They're Katahdin? but not full blood? What's mixed in, do you know?
 
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We were fortunate to be able to pick all of our ewes and were able to get the size we want. Now since even Wild Thing is getting a better attitude, we will keep all of the ewes and one wether for the freezer. I need to quit petting that boy though or he might grow to retirement here. :)


The ewes are a Katahdin/Dorper cross
 
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Sorry... said ewes, meant to say ewe lambs... So you're keeping the ewe lambs and 1 wether for the freezer - so selling the other ram lambs. Got it. :) Thanks
 
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We are rethinking what to do about the big ram lamb. We should have already banded him but he is showing some traits at 30 days old that doesn't usually show for another month. He has proportions that we really like so we may (probably will) leave him intact. He may still be a market lamb but there is a market for intact lambs for the holidays coming up.

None of our sheep have names except for this one - It's Hoss

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He sure Has grown a Bunch in 30days...."Options" are always best to leave Open til ya decide, and a few of his offspring may not be a bad thing either...then ya can have certain match-ups...if he continues to develope as ya like.:)
 
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