I am not a horned breeder, so I can't answer Jennifer's questions.
Can someone else help out here?
Carol
At 06:53 PM 12/16/2007, you wrote:
Hi,
I am the head of hoofstock at the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo. I have a
3 year old hand raised blackbelly ram that has started having issues
with 1 horn.
Please accept this advice in the spirit in which it is given. To a
horned blackbelly breeder, a horn growing into the face represents a
serious, life-threatening genetic defect. Horned rams with splendid
racks that do not threaten their quality of life are easily obtainable.
In my humblest
Hi all,
I totally agree with Barb L. I'm also of the opinion that there are very
good, respectable rams out there that sport much better horns. Having
naturally cleaned some of our butcher rams' skulls...I would hesitate to
trim horns on this 3-year-old ram. I would think it would cut into
I CAST MY VOTE WITH BARB L. GARLAND - BESIDES, THEY ARE DELICIOUS!
ANDY. ELKHART LAKE WISCONSIN
Quoting GARLAND STAMPER [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi all,
I totally agree with Barb L. I'm also of the opinion that there are very
good, respectable rams out there that sport much better horns.
As many of you know we breed for wide open horns. I have posted some more
pictures of some of our rams other sheep for those who like to look. It is
possible to have horns cut or clipped and the ram live. Look at Copperhead
on our BB web page. He broke off his bottom horn off at the skull just
Excellent post Barb! That is the sobering truth of the matter.
Jennifer,
Hi, I'm Chris Buchanan. I live in north Alabama. I have a young American
Blackbelly(horned blackbelly) ram that I would gladly donate to your zoo if
you want him. He is not a bottle lamb which should be a plus.
He is quite
