And when we come back to meat flavour, intake ram lambs have the better taste.
In Australia is a large hair sheep production on its way, and the ranches have up to a 50 000 sheep. Not one ram lamb gets castrated, and as in our production, ram lambs are kept in the flock until age of 2 to 4 months and go of the flock directly to butcher. No weaning or castrating ! In countries with hair sheep production, neutered lambs achieve a lower price. Our buyers for the ethnic groups take only intact rams, we have no sales of ewelambs to Moslems ! regards Helmut Mabel Lake Road 2041 Lumby,BC Canada VOE-2G6 250 547 6253 http://www.damaradorperinwesterncanada.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol J. Elkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:13 AM Subject: Re: [blackbelly] vaccinating & banding > Hi Chris, > > I don't think you were necessarily asking for opinions about whether or not > to band, but that has never stopped me from offering one <g>. > > Unless one plans on keeping wethers long-term in their flock for some > reason (like using for dog trialing) or have a market for pet wethers, I > can't find any reason to put a ram lamb through the trauma. If the ram lamb > is destined for the freezer, then keep him in an area apart from the ewes > and let him grow to butchering weight with his testicles intact. > > The biggest mistake that hair sheep breeders make, in my opinion, is > treating their sheep like woolies. We have a unique sheep that requires a > very different kind of husbandry than wool sheep. This listserv can help > readers learn those differences and increase the pleasure in raising sheep > the easy way. > > Carol > > At 11:03 PM 3/9/2004 -0800, you wrote: > >Open question, > > > >Is anybody banding their rams? I am considering this so that they may stay > >with the herd longer, and to reduce fighting and head bashing among them. > > Carol Elkins > Critterhaven Estate > Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep > (no shear, no dock, no fuss) > Pueblo, Colorado > http://www.critterhaven.biz > T-shirts, mugs, caps, and more at the > Barbados Blackbelly Online Store http://www.cafepress.com/blackbellysheep > > =============================================== > This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). > To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly > To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
