LDKM1422
Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:23:53 -0700
In a message dated 8/31/05 12:39:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << << The point of a breed standard is to ensure that animals that bear the name exhibit minimum standards. >> Thinking about it some more. (sorry, can't sit too long but the pain killer helps)I've been in bed awhile. I missed the new breed standards of the BBSAI. Along the lines of what Helmut is saying.....his priority is hardiness in his sheep. He isn't raising trophy-type sheep nor show sheep. Hardiness->survival of the fittest means a better return in his investment and time in selling the meat. Helmut, I still remember the pictures of some of those African sheep you have, especially the ones that look just like the BBS. If, I intended to go big time into sheep-meat production I would most definately invest in some of your animals. :-) As a homesteader type or new agrarian, I want hardy breeder sheep, too. Polled or unpolled isn't the draw towards the BBS/ABS sheep for us. I will still call our sheep ABS with mixed genes as far as horns go and sometimes white spots(on the head) where they shouldn't be. ;-) Guess that's pretty much the case for lots of folks on this list, we all have our own reasons for raising them. Mine have turned out to be a rather hardy group with minimal care and that's exactly what I was hoping for. :-) Diana _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info mailing list Visit the list's homepage at Blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info@lists.blackbellysheep.info http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info