The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: DartmoorLiz on June 01, 2014, 04:28:54 pm
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Hi,
Has anyone got any experience with sheep with wattles? I bought some non pedigree lleyns a couple of years ago and one had wattles. I've now had my first lamb with wattles. I thought they were a goat thing. My only concern is that they'll get cut - or even cut off - by the shearer.
There's not much on google about sheep wattles and I'm wondering how common they are?
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Breed dependant they can be the norm. Charmoise nearly all have them and many/most first crosses have them. They do indeed get cut/cut off by shearers on occasion. I have yet to hear of a sheep bleeding to death through the wattle (toggle) though so don't worry. The lamb on my Avatar is called "Toggles".
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We had 2 shetlands with them - not pure, somewhere in their past they had oussant (sorry can't spell that) and indead I forgot and they gave the shearer a fright, but they weren't cut and all well since.