[pooks]

One of my pedigree wiltshire horn ram lambs born end of march, has developed a bit of a hairy forehead!  he looks like he is wearing a little wig.  its white, but certainly a little hairier than the others and in fact it makes him look like a bit of a dorset sheep. its just on his head and i think his twin brother is going the same way!  is this bad and any ideas why this has happened?  his mum is pedigree and registered and so is his dad.  there is no way that any thing else got to the ewe so  is this a throw back to when other breeds were used?   he will be going for meat anyway but just wanted to know if this would be considered a bad trait? any ideas?

[pooks]

just to add, his twin brother has developed the same sort of hairy head.  looks a bit like the muller rice bear and his little quif.  dont think it mentions wiggy, quiffy forehead hair in the breed standard does it?  does anyone know if this just happens some times?

[Tim W]

Got any pics?

[pooks]

will take some after work tonight.

[pooks]

Hoping these work this time.

[Tim W]

Don't worry about it---probably just a growth stage

[pooks]

thanks Tim, do you think he will grow out of it then, have you seen this in wilts lambs before?

[Tim W]

I think they will grow out of it ---I will look at my lambs a bit closer when I next see them---try and compare

[Tim W]

---hard to tell with photos but I grabbed one dozing in the sun this afternoon and he didn't look too different from yours