Re: [Blackbelly] The noble Marley
Keeping a sheep as a pet and letting them live out their life is good if that is what they want. We name some of our farm animals but do not make pets out of any of them. We really enjoy them but as we raised our family everyone understood we raised them for food, even rabbits. To consider hunting farm raised animals as execution seems not right. It seems they do it as humanly as possible. Arnold On Thursday, October 10, 2013 2:52 AM, Erik Christy echri...@peak.org wrote: I'm surprised and saddened the hear talk of executing this noble creature rather than continuing to admire and respect him for what he has given and the beautiful stature he presents to all who see him. Is this how we repay elegance? On 10/8/2013 3:01 PM, blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info wrote: Send Blackbelly mailing list submissions to blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info You can reach the person managing the list at blackbelly-ow...@lists.blackbellysheep.info When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest... Today's Topics: 1. Marley's Horn Growth (Michael Smith) 2. Re: Marley's Horn Growth (Mike Hummel) 3. Re: Marley's Horn Growth (Michael Smith) 4. Re: Marley's Horn Growth (Mike Hummel) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 18:19:06 -0700 From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com To: blackbelly blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: [Blackbelly] Marley's Horn Growth Message-ID: cahikykg61wyomcjvwmohkfrujhxcf6vzxzqtwnqthvo3dj4...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 (trying this again in plain text format) Anyone else got any recent pictures? My ABB Marley, the freebie ram who started it all for me. He came from a goat breeder who got him from a vet as a bottle baby, and had no idea what to do with him, so I got him for free. Born Feb 2008. He does not have the best markings of any of my 5 intact rams, but man, he has the horns! Every time I take my eye off him, those horns seem to have grown more. I've had one intact son and one grandson from him and their horn spread is not nearly as wide as his. They might have a good amount of total curl, but not a wide spread rack like his. He has two other grandsons who had weak ABB markings that are weathers. http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Animals/rams2013/32364864_kz9mSW#!i=2817598743k=2zCmvtG enjoy normally, I might consider taxidermy to be a morbid way to keep an old pet, but in his case, I might make an exception. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:04:35 -0400 From: Mike Hummel m...@soggytopfarm.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Marley's Horn Growth Message-ID: 525410f3.8040...@soggytopfarm.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed What a set of horns, makes me wonder if he is pure ABB. If you want to find out what is worth, contact one of the many game preserves. They will pay you big bucks to let some city slicker shoot him. On 10/7/2013 9:19 PM, Michael Smith wrote: (trying this again in plain text format) Anyone else got any recent pictures? My ABB Marley, the freebie ram who started it all for me. He came from a goat breeder who got him from a vet as a bottle baby, and had no idea what to do with him, so I got him for free. Born Feb 2008. He does not have the best markings of any of my 5 intact rams, but man, he has the horns! Every time I take my eye off him, those horns seem to have grown more. I've had one intact son and one grandson from him and their horn spread is not nearly as wide as his. They might have a good amount of total curl, but not a wide spread rack like his. He has two other grandsons who had weak ABB markings that are weathers. http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Animals/rams2013/32364864_kz9mSW#!i=2817598743k=2zCmvtG enjoy normally, I might consider taxidermy to be a morbid way to keep an old pet, but in his case, I might make an exception. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ -- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 07:54:36 -0700 From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Cc: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly]
Re: [Blackbelly] The noble Marley
Thank you Michael. I was afraid you were going to succumb to the mighty dollar. When my first ram Blackie, was not usuable for service, I wethered him and he turned out to be a great pet and would lead the flock in to the pen or wherever I needed them. He later had an injury to his feet, he was over 20 years old, and was not in good health. After 2 weeks of trying to get his feet to heal, we decided to put him out of his misery. He now hangs over the fake fireplace mantel where he can watch over us and we can watch him. When I picked him up at the taxidermist, it was like finding a lost friend. Cecil in OKla On 10/8/2013 8:35 PM, Michael Smith wrote: I was talking about when he dies. That part was not clear--now that I re-read it. He's my pet and will live his life out naturally on my ranch. -MWS Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Erik Christy echri...@peak.org wrote: I'm surprised and saddened the hear talk of executing this noble creature rather than continuing to admire and respect him for what he has given and the beautiful stature he presents to all who see him. Is this how we repay elegance? normally, I might consider taxidermy to be a morbid way to keep an old pet, but in his case, I might make an exception. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. -- *** ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
[Blackbelly] The noble Marley
I'm surprised and saddened the hear talk of executing this noble creature rather than continuing to admire and respect him for what he has given and the beautiful stature he presents to all who see him. Is this how we repay elegance? On 10/8/2013 3:01 PM, blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info wrote: Send Blackbelly mailing list submissions to blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info You can reach the person managing the list at blackbelly-ow...@lists.blackbellysheep.info When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest... Today's Topics: 1. Marley's Horn Growth (Michael Smith) 2. Re: Marley's Horn Growth (Mike Hummel) 3. Re: Marley's Horn Growth (Michael Smith) 4. Re: Marley's Horn Growth (Mike Hummel) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 18:19:06 -0700 From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com To: blackbelly blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: [Blackbelly] Marley's Horn Growth Message-ID: cahikykg61wyomcjvwmohkfrujhxcf6vzxzqtwnqthvo3dj4...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 (trying this again in plain text format) Anyone else got any recent pictures? My ABB Marley, the freebie ram who started it all for me. He came from a goat breeder who got him from a vet as a bottle baby, and had no idea what to do with him, so I got him for free. Born Feb 2008. He does not have the best markings of any of my 5 intact rams, but man, he has the horns! Every time I take my eye off him, those horns seem to have grown more. I've had one intact son and one grandson from him and their horn spread is not nearly as wide as his. They might have a good amount of total curl, but not a wide spread rack like his. He has two other grandsons who had weak ABB markings that are weathers. http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Animals/rams2013/32364864_kz9mSW#!i=2817598743k=2zCmvtG enjoy normally, I might consider taxidermy to be a morbid way to keep an old pet, but in his case, I might make an exception. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:04:35 -0400 From: Mike Hummel m...@soggytopfarm.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Marley's Horn Growth Message-ID: 525410f3.8040...@soggytopfarm.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed What a set of horns, makes me wonder if he is pure ABB. If you want to find out what is worth, contact one of the many game preserves. They will pay you big bucks to let some city slicker shoot him. On 10/7/2013 9:19 PM, Michael Smith wrote: (trying this again in plain text format) Anyone else got any recent pictures? My ABB Marley, the freebie ram who started it all for me. He came from a goat breeder who got him from a vet as a bottle baby, and had no idea what to do with him, so I got him for free. Born Feb 2008. He does not have the best markings of any of my 5 intact rams, but man, he has the horns! Every time I take my eye off him, those horns seem to have grown more. I've had one intact son and one grandson from him and their horn spread is not nearly as wide as his. They might have a good amount of total curl, but not a wide spread rack like his. He has two other grandsons who had weak ABB markings that are weathers. http://mwsmith.smugmug.com/Animals/rams2013/32364864_kz9mSW#!i=2817598743k=2zCmvtG enjoy normally, I might consider taxidermy to be a morbid way to keep an old pet, but in his case, I might make an exception. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info -- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 07:54:36 -0700 From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Cc: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Marley's Horn Growth Message-ID: fbb8adc6-ae48-4882-a984-2ba64e231...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii well, what is pure ABB, anyway? but I agree, he'd make a great trophy. As for his heritage, his markings are more troublesome to me than his horns. There's no pictures of it, but when he sheds, he has almost no black necktie. Only gets that marking when his ruff grows out. also has very small eyebrows. And his coat is not that red, more tan. Other than that he has a fine black belly, and no white sock markings or
Re: [Blackbelly] The noble Marley
I was talking about when he dies. That part was not clear--now that I re-read it. He's my pet and will live his life out naturally on my ranch. -MWS Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Erik Christy echri...@peak.org wrote: I'm surprised and saddened the hear talk of executing this noble creature rather than continuing to admire and respect him for what he has given and the beautiful stature he presents to all who see him. Is this how we repay elegance? normally, I might consider taxidermy to be a morbid way to keep an old pet, but in his case, I might make an exception. -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. -- *** ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info ___ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
