Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Forrest's been lucky---here are some of his lambs.

Dear Husband (DH) Howard's first hospital day for chemo coincided with Forrest's butcher date, so Forrest got lucky and missed his butcher appointment.
Then, I got lambing updates from the two farms I leant Forrest to last fall.  Now I don't know:  if I really want a spotted, polled ram, is this what Forrest carries?  Or should I keep looking?  It seems that what Forrest throws are bersugget or headsplashed spotted lambs, but not the spottedness I am after, which is harder to get.  Here's a photo of what HALF of his 10 or so lambs looked like:
Friend Lori, holding one twin he produced out of her ewe, LittleRedOak Mallow, a moorit who has thrown HST lambs (white Head, Socks, Tail).  Forrest, remember is musket-- and had white tracery on his face as a lamb.

This bersugget patterned lamb is also from Mallow.

Next, triplets he fathered from LRO Catnip, a wildly spotted moorit ewe (Mallow's twin! The wool looks tightly crimped.

And finally, a black lamb with white splashes out of LRO SunBear, a black ewe whose mom had even more white head splashes. 

So, what do you all think of Forrest's potential?  Piebald spotting is hard to find;  polled rams are hard to find, and the two together are very few!  I need one!
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3 comments:

Michelle said...

Well, if I had a polled ram with good structure and great fleece who reproduced those qualities and produced SOME spotting, I'd keep him!

Kelly said...

I'd say you have some nice lambs out of a nice ram. And I'm inclined to agree with Michelle that it's a nice package in a ram to have all those good qualities. Are you thinking of getting a new ram because you need to introduce new bloodlines?

Gail V said...

Yes, Kelly-- I have so few shetlands, now, and have 2 Forrest half sisters, his son, and his niece among them
I need different blood here...