I selected three ram lambs to keep–not that I need all three, but these are the ones that I have selected to see how they turn out as they get bigger.   With Jacob sheep it’s frustrating because you may have a ram with nice fleece and good conformation but, if the horns don’t grow correctly, he can’t be registered. With two horn rams it is important to select a lamb with horns that are growing away from the head.  With a four horn ram there needs to be space between the upper and lower, but not too much, and the lower horns should not grow into the jaw, or the neck. Too much to ask? It seems like it. I had a lot of nice two horn lambs this year, but not so many four horn ones. I sold some nice ones and some of the ones I was keeping my eye on have finally been culled due to horns fusing. There are a few left on the website.

I moved the three lambs into the big ram pen figuring that they would not be old enough to get into trouble with the adult rams. It’s true that the young rams didn’t confront the older ones but there was a lot of chasing on the part of the adults.

The three big rams come to see what’s going on.The 2-year old 4-horn is Buster and the yearling 2-horn next to him is Cayenne.  The lambs aren’t named yet but this one is a full brother to the yearling ram that I took to Maryland this spring and who now lives in Pennsylvania.Since the young rams can’t find the older rams they will fight among themselves. That two horn lamb is a full brother to Cayenne in the photos above.

 Buster again and that two horn yearling is Gotham (for sale, by the way). Gotham chasing the lambs.This is the other two-horn lamb that I’m keeping for now.Gotham in pursuit.This young guy has got moves!