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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Ladygrey on January 13, 2013, 05:56:19 pm

Title: Picked up my first Shetland ram :)
Post by: Ladygrey on January 13, 2013, 05:56:19 pm

He is such a sweetie, and he had to be called Rambo :p

So here he is, he is a shearling with a lovely set of horns and the sweetest face you ever did see, he is pedigree but not registered, white with soft grey around his eyes and nicely halter trained  :love: :love:

At the moment he is at my house with number 3 and kanjee (wethers) until the calves have left the farm and he can join the others at the farm.

Title: Re: Picked up my first Shetland ram :)
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on January 13, 2013, 06:05:14 pm

He's lovely. Very impressive horns!
 

Title: Re: Picked up my first Shetland ram :)
Post by: jaykay on January 13, 2013, 06:17:23 pm

Nice horns!

Title: Re: Picked up my first Shetland ram :)
Post by: Fleecewife on January 14, 2013, 01:50:27 am

He looks a lovely chap  :) :sheep:    If he is from a pedigree flock, why is he not registered?   You may not need a registered tup just now, but you might prefer to go down the registered route soon and then it could be too late to register him.  The breeder should do it.
 
I wonder how many rams called Rambo there are  :innocent:

Title: Re: Picked up my first Shetland ram :)
Post by: SallyintNorth on January 14, 2013, 08:43:07 am

Quote from: Fleecewife on January 14, 2013, 01:50:27 am

I wonder how many rams called Rambo there are  :innocent:

We had a Beau  ;)  ( and a Rade )

Title: Re: Picked up my first Shetland ram :)
Post by: HappyHippy on January 14, 2013, 09:15:21 am

Oh he's gorgeous  :thumbsup:

Quote from: Fleecewife on January 14, 2013, 01:50:27 am

I wonder how many rams called Rambo there are  :innocent:

I had a pet lamb called Rambo as a kid  ;) He used to come and meet me off the school bus every day................ til one day he didn't  :'( Haven't eaten lamb since  ::) :-[

Title: Re: Picked up my first Shetland ram :)
Post by: Brucklay on January 14, 2013, 10:20:58 am

He does have a lovely face and a great set of horn - he looks fine.  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Picked up my first Shetland ram :)
Post by: Ladygrey on January 14, 2013, 05:25:03 pm

I named him Rambo because umm... he is a Ram  :excited: and deserved a BIG name

I am not sure why he isnt registered, I was told he is pedigree but just doesnt have the papers, The person I bought him off wasnt the breeder. However my 2 shetland ewes  are not registered and so I wouldnt be able to register offspring anyway.

But yes I will breed from him for a few years then if I replace my ewes someday I will get registered ewes and a registered ram :) at the moment it isnt so important.

He does have some lovely horns on him! although he is a little thin so will try and feed him up a bit :)

Title: Re: Picked up my first Shetland ram :)
Post by: Bramblecot on January 15, 2013, 11:25:42 am

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I wonder how many rams called Rambo there are  :innocent:


Have to confess that our (unregistered) Shetland is called Rambo too  :-[ .  He is an absolute gent and we are looking forward to his first lambs in April.  Like Ladygrey, my ewes are also unregistered but maybe someday we will 'upgrade' our flock.