Danllan
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- Sir Gar / Carms
I sell some breeders as yearlings and two-year-olds, but almost everything goes to people who speculate on potential breeders, or as stores, with stores being by far the majority.
So, for me both as a breeder and seller, what a ram looks like at one or two is not really of much relevance; what is most important is what he looked like at, say, four, five and six months old on grass - on the principal that his offspring will follow in his footsteps.
I've been pretty lucky with most bought-in rams (another plug for @Johngee - he's still going strong and I saw your ad ), not so with one or two others, but such is life...
But, having bred my own rams for a few years now, and having seen them at what I consider the most important age, I wonder if there are any out there who do keep photo records of rams as they develop. I'm going to do it with this year's keepers, at the least it will be interesting, at best it could be a real value adder when selling to those who sell-on stores as I do.
Thoughts?
So, for me both as a breeder and seller, what a ram looks like at one or two is not really of much relevance; what is most important is what he looked like at, say, four, five and six months old on grass - on the principal that his offspring will follow in his footsteps.
I've been pretty lucky with most bought-in rams (another plug for @Johngee - he's still going strong and I saw your ad ), not so with one or two others, but such is life...
But, having bred my own rams for a few years now, and having seen them at what I consider the most important age, I wonder if there are any out there who do keep photo records of rams as they develop. I'm going to do it with this year's keepers, at the least it will be interesting, at best it could be a real value adder when selling to those who sell-on stores as I do.
Thoughts?