Crossing over to the dark side!

[Guiggs]

So I have taken my first steps towards not having to deal with wool and the people that remove it, the sooner the better as far as I'm concerned! Not the best pictures I'm afraid, they obviously haven't had a lot of human contact!

 

[unlacedgecko]

You'll wish you did it years ago

 

[CopperBeech]

Good man!

 

[Ysgythan]

Well done. Not for me.

 

[TexelBen]

Now I know who you are in real life!

 

[unlacedgecko]

Now I know who you are in real life!

Maybe it's just my circle, but those emojis signify a desire for kinky sex with the person you're addressing...

 

[JSmith]

Maybe it's just my circle, but those emojis signify a desire for kinky sex with the person you're addressing...

You are in some funny circles!

 

[Tim W]

Welcome!
@Guiggs --- it's like the transition from indoor to outdoor lambing
In 12 months time you'll be amazed at how much work you used to do for so little return

 

[TexelBen]

Maybe it's just my circle, but those emojis signify a desire for kinky sex with the person you're addressing...

Any port in a storm

 

[Guiggs]

Maybe it's just my circle, but those emojis signify a desire for kinky sex with the person you're addressing...

He really does know who I am then!!

 

[Devil's advocate]

Do they have to leave the tail on?

 

[Tim W]

Do they have to leave the tail on?

The Dark Knights Reply in chorus ---''Do they have to mutilate lambs?''

 

[gwi1890]

I have to say im also pleased with my jump into them , I wont get strung up on names having seen the wonderful debate on Facebook yesterday but I was interested for years but was always put off by people telling me they where goaty no conformation low scanning % sheep , people tend to think that it’s a case of sacrificing as desirable trait wether it shape or longevity or whatever to only gain in not needing to shear but the truth is from my experience they’re no worse than any commercial sheep from my experience they are better there are definitely more benefits than just not having to shear.

 

[exmoor dave]

Do they have to leave the tail on?

When we started in shedders, we continued to take tails off, then one day in some ewes who had missed getting tailed I noticed how much they used their tails to seemingly swiss flys away,
So have left tails ever since, on everything other than first crosses out of wooly mothers.


Nature gave sheep a long tail for a reason after all

 

[exmoor dave]

I have to say im also pleased with my jump into them , I wont get strung up on names having seen the wonderful debate on Facebook yesterday but I was interested for years but was always put off by people telling me they where goaty no conformation low scanning % sheep , people tend to think that it’s a case of sacrificing as desirable trait wether it shape or longevity or whatever to only gain in not needing to shear but the truth is from my experience they’re no worse than any commercial sheep from my experience they are better there are definitely more benefits than just not having to shear.

I'm sure TimW won't mind me saying....but the early exlana were fairly 'goaty', but have come on leaps and bounds in appearance and uniformity.

Wilts are just goaty full stop

 

[steveR]

Happiness is a nekkid yowe!

 

[steveR]

I'm sure TimW won't mind me saying....but the early exlana were fairly 'goaty', but have come on leaps and bounds in appearance and uniformity.

Wilts are just goaty full stop

Got a few like that... Herself truly hates them when compared to her beloved Tex X, but after the issues with them this time, I am not sure the stonking price warranted the work... and expense at lambing time...and shearing!

 

[Bury the Trash]

Nature gave sheep a long tail for a reason after all

I think you would find that they were relativly short naturally

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The 'Urial' and other ' original ' sheep looks similar I think imright in saying .

Could be , as a guess that they got longer with breeding or domestication and / or it mightve been thought a good thing to yield more wool ?

 

[Guiggs]

Do they have to leave the tail on?

No welfare reasons for docking it just aesthetic ones.
I know what you mean though as I never used to like the look of long tails but over the last couple of years I've got used to them and don't mind them anymore.
I suspect a time will come when docking tails will be banned so might as well get ahead of the game!

 

[unlacedgecko]

No welfare reasons for docking it just aesthetic ones.
I know what you mean though as I never used to like the look of long tails but over the last couple of years I've got used to them and don't mind them anymore.
I suspect a time will come when docking tails will be banned so might as well get ahead of the game!

Undocked tails in sheep don't have to be long. Almost all of my F1 Shetlands have tails above their hocks.