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<font size="+1"><tt>Edited to add (need to proof read more)<br>
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I do consider a
sheep with fused horns to have the number of <u><b>total horns
including the ones that are fused</b></u> - not
the number of horns that are separate.</tt></font><br>
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Linda wrote:
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<font size="+1"><tt>Are there single horned cows? I want one :-)<br>
I've received a wide assortment of private responses to my question. We
certainly are as individual as our sheep!<br>
I have no experience with wethers, so can't add much to that topic. The
few meat buyers I have want intact rams and added to the fact that I am
lousy at banding means that our cull rams go into the freezer as rams.
A friend of mine did have a wether (castrated by the vet, so I'm sure
he was a real wether). Pokey had HUGE forward horns as a two year old -
every bit as large as two year old ram. I think he was unusual. <br>
I have two five horned ewes and one six horned ewe. I do consider a
sheep with fused horns to have the number of horns that are fused - not
the number of horns that are separate. I would consider your ewe with
three separate on one side and two fused and one separate on the other
to be a six horned. Unbalanced and undifferentiated is only a dq for
rams.<br>
You haven't posted in forever and it's fun to hear from you again -
it's an interesting topic and thanks for "messing up" my brain :-)<br>
Congratulations on Canada's first GC Jacob ewe! What does it mean to be
Canada's first GC ewe? <br>
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Linda</tt></font><br>
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<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"></span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
name=""><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">Heel low</font><font
face="Times New Roman"> Linda</font></span></a><span lang="en-us"></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> & Sheepers</font></span><span
lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">:</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">As
far as I understand this, Jacobs are polycerate because they have a
gene the splits the horn core</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">…</font><font face="Times New Roman">just</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">as a cow has horns, for
example, the only difference between having</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">single horned cows and</font> </span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">multi-horned cows</font> <font
face="Times New Roman">is</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Times New Roman">this</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">horn splitting gene.</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> People have</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">enough</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">trouble having meat with h</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">orns and you</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">’</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">ll find</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">a lot</font></span><span
lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">want</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">polled cattle, no</font><font
face="Times New Roman"> ho</font><font face="Times New Roman">rns</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">meat with horns is harder to
deal with. LOL</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">,</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Times New Roman">that is</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Times New Roman">until they realize their pretty handy handles
some times</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">or not!</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></span><span
lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">I
will</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">go
out on a limb and</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Times New Roman">surmise that because rams
have testosterone and this amplifies the horn</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> growth</font><font
face="Times New Roman"> (and degrades fiber quicker than in ewes</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">sigh!)</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">, yo</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">u will note a more major
split in the horns</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">but basically, you have the same issue, a
single horn</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Times New Roman">that</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Times New Roman">becomes multi-horns</font><font
face="Times New Roman">.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">I
see
no difference in the horns of your four horn ewe and your four horn ram</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">both look the same to me,
but in the ram, more amplified</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman"> because intact rams have bigger horns than the
ewes</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">. If
he had been altered, you would note horn growth really slows down,
maybe to the sam</font><font face="Times New Roman">e rate as a ewe</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">that sounds like a FUN
project to investigate</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">alter a full sibling</font> <font
face="Times New Roman">ram</font> <font face="Times New Roman">to a
ewe</font><font face="Times New Roman"> and see if their horn growth is
any</font> <font face="Times New Roman">different</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">har har</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">keep feed and all other
factor</font><font face="Times New Roman">s the same</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">have fun with</font><font
face="Times New Roman"> that one.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">Fused
horns</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">it is hard to determine TRUE</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">number</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">of horns as in some
causes, I would probably lean towards a seam</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">delegating</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> the</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">“</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">potential</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">”</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> to have caused more horns.
I tend to count the fused horns separately</font><font
face="Times New Roman">, so have</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Times New Roman">“</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">five horned</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">”</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman"> ewes that would in some person</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">’</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">s opinions, be four horns
and in the case of one ewe, we have three separated horns on one side</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">(no questioning that side)</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">and her</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">other side, the</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">top horn is fused with a</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">nother completely separate</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> side horn, so some would
say a</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">“</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">five horn,</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">”</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> but we refer to her as a
SIX horn</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">
ewe</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">.</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> Fused horns are frowned
upon</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> by
some</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">hee hee</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">so maybe it is safer to
count a fused as one, but then you can fight with the fact that it
could make a Jacob have unbalanced horns</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">that too is a negative for some.</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">Hee
hee</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">too many interpretations</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">makes nobody completely happy</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">. S</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">ur</font><font
face="Times New Roman">e is fun messing up your brain over tho</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">. Thanks Linda, sure</font><font
face="Times New Roman"> h</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">elps pass the time cleaning out barns and ge</font><font
face="Times New Roman">aring up for shearing</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">oh the tedious tasks of
spring and other whatnots.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">Doggone,</font></span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">Tara
Lee Higgins</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">
~</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">Rat
Ranch</font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">–</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> Alberta</font></span><span
lang="en-us"> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">Home
of Melody</font><font face="Times New Roman">;</font><font
face="Times New Roman"> Canada</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">’</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">s 1</font></span><span lang="en-us"><sup><font
face="Times New Roman">st</font></sup></span><span lang="en-us"> <font
face="Times New Roman">Grand Champion Jacob Ewe</font></span><span
lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> <font face="Times New Roman">–</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman"> Lilac</font> <font
face="Times New Roman">FOUR horn</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">…</font></span><span lang="en-us"><font
face="Times New Roman">or FIVE horn?? H</font></span><span
lang="en-us"><font face="Times New Roman">ee hee</font></span><span
lang="en-us"></span></p>
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