patandchickens
Overrun with beasties
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Sorry guys, me again (get used to it... )
I seem to be getting talked into an unpapered Shetland ewe and ram-lamb (not hers), to add to the two dairy ewe-lambs I will be getting. The idea is mainly to ensure that I have something with testicles so I can milk the dairy ewes next year, but it seems to me I may as well get a same-breed ewe to go along with him, and anyhow that way this year I can play around with trying to convince her to let me milk her, ha ha that'll be jolly.
Anyhow, my point is: the guy with the shetlands says that the ram lamb he would prefer to sell me is "scurred (short horns)". Now, I have not replied to his email yet so I do not know what exactly he means by this, whether it is really nasty-sharp-thin-pointy scurs, or not so bad, or what. He says he is trying to breed for polled rams, if that makes any idfference in what it's likely like. AFAIK it is ewe-raised.
a) what question(s) should I be asking about this critter (I can ask for a pic but as he is in the midst of lambing I do not know whether that is going to happen)
and
b) what is your general advice about whether to get a ram with scurs? I am partly concerned about danger to me and the kids, and partly concerned about danger to the other three sheepies he would be with.
Any info or opinions much appreciated,
Pat
I seem to be getting talked into an unpapered Shetland ewe and ram-lamb (not hers), to add to the two dairy ewe-lambs I will be getting. The idea is mainly to ensure that I have something with testicles so I can milk the dairy ewes next year, but it seems to me I may as well get a same-breed ewe to go along with him, and anyhow that way this year I can play around with trying to convince her to let me milk her, ha ha that'll be jolly.
Anyhow, my point is: the guy with the shetlands says that the ram lamb he would prefer to sell me is "scurred (short horns)". Now, I have not replied to his email yet so I do not know what exactly he means by this, whether it is really nasty-sharp-thin-pointy scurs, or not so bad, or what. He says he is trying to breed for polled rams, if that makes any idfference in what it's likely like. AFAIK it is ewe-raised.
a) what question(s) should I be asking about this critter (I can ask for a pic but as he is in the midst of lambing I do not know whether that is going to happen)
and
b) what is your general advice about whether to get a ram with scurs? I am partly concerned about danger to me and the kids, and partly concerned about danger to the other three sheepies he would be with.
Any info or opinions much appreciated,
Pat