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"Un-Coiffed" Sheep In All Photos: Beware of Sheep Photographed After "Stubble-Shearing" (To "Improve" Their Build)
Ram #107 carries a large frame, small head, good density of fleece (large number of wool fibers per inch of skin surface). He has the classic Cotswold face, a good, wide knob, a deep twist (see book Sheep Success for explanation) strong legs, and a very muscular leg of lamb. He has great length, which means he'll pass more rack (rib & loin chops) to his get: These cuts are selling for between $10 to $18 per lb. in the U.S. right now--and even more for specialty super-mild meat, like Cotswold lamb & mutton! That means that the rack alone on a 100 lb. Cotswold lamb (small for a Cotswold lamb!) could be worth up to over $140 retail. Add to that the value of the legs-o-lamb, the shoulders & other cuts, and the value of this Cotswold Ram returns very, very quickly. His daughters should be good milkers--all our ewes are (including his mother) Plus! Cotswold has been purebred for so many centuries that it is greatly prepotent (that means you can rely on even his crossbred offspring being MUCH milder-tasting than from most of our modern meat breeds). Cotswold-sired crossbred lambs grow faster than most breeds, except the ones that grow frame-first, meat later. Crossed with those, they'll help put super-tasty meat on those bones in a hurry. Born 4/02, he clipped 4.5 lbs. of wool in 8/02. At this writing he hasn't been spring-shorn yet, but he looks to have about 8 inches of wool or so. His father & grandfather both shore over 20 lbs. of wool on several occasions. Price: |
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