[Jacob-list] 4 horn ewe skulls

[Linda]

kay, for those of you that have asked "why".

I had a lovely four horned ewe die last year from an injury that 
resulted in a hernia. We had to put her down. Her horn spacing was very 
nice - plenty of spacing with obvious flesh between the horns. We buried 
her in our slab pile - a pile of slabs left over when we milled the 
lumber for our house. With the recent rains, the top of the horns were 
exposed and my dog pulled out the skull. I will photograph it tomorrow 
if I get a chance. At the skull, there is a single horn. About an inch 
or so up, the horn splits into two horns. This ewe produced two lambs 
for me - both fused, so I'm curious. I have many four horned ram skulls 
and the horns are quite obviously separate coming from the skull. I do 
send four horned ewes to the butcher sometimes, but have never saved 
skulls, so don't have anything to compare this to.

I'll get some pictures today up on my site for a better explanation.

Linda

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