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| This triplet (DJA100Y) is out of our Wooly Mammoth line. This line has always produced large ewes with shed-ability issues. Then along came this boy and he adopted his sires (VJ9004) coat. He's straight and true in his back, legs, feet and teeth. Dam: DJA22S Sire: VJ9004 |
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| Chance (DJA117Y) is out of our 110M dam lines. He is a single out of a first time mom (red ewe), so is a dusty rose color with downy hair. No matter what picture I take, Chance always looks alert and at attention. Helps to see his nice lines and personality. He is fiesty, but not aggressive....must be the red hair on his mom's side ;) Dam: DJA56W Sire: VJ9035W |
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| DJA110Y a triplet, who isn't huge, but is so well put together, right down to an amazing hair coat (thanks to his sire VJ9004). This lamb became a bottle lamb (2 weeks of age) when we lost his dam (366T) to blue bag (posted the condition on the blog). She was a top producer of triplet ram lambs and she will be very much missed in our breeding program. Dam: FLK366T Sire: VJ9004W |
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| SureFire is a twin out of a KHSI ewe with blue papers (upgrades in pedigree). I bought this ewe on visual and hunch. She is an amazing large ewe that puts out twins of consistent weight and growth. I will be growing this lamb out because he has it all. His offspring will qualify for Canadian Registration. Dam: PAS52U / Sire: VJ9004W |
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And then there is Big Show DJA107Y, and he is aptly named. He's large, showy, front & center every time you see him .One downfall, he will bite to get your attention. Right now he looks like a big gangly clown. BUT he is out of the 331T ewe line and VJ9035W sire line, and these two lines have yet to disappoint. This guy is being halter trained because I see a busy show future for him :) Dam: DJA38U / SireVJ9035W |
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John is the little triplet that became a bottle lamb because he was born so much later than the first two. His dam (63W) was a first time mom, and is retained in our breeding program. He is smaller, but well put together and will stay just because I believe he will mature to a good enough size for breeding. He certainly has good pedigree and a nice frame. He is downy coated, but will shed well. Dam: DJA63W Sire: VJ9035W |
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| We call this guy Meaty DJA91Y. Both because of his size and his curly lamb coat that has not shed this year. Dam and Sire are both solid A - AA hair coats, so just not sure what the heck happened. This boy has great confirmation and size. If he can't go to work as a terminal herd sire, then it's lamb chops. Such a shame on a well put together ram lamb.Dam: DJA58W Sire: VJ9004W |
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| William is HUGE and nicely confirmed in the body. I predict he will mature to about 285-300#. One problem, he is softer in the front feet than I like to see. I have seen a lot of rams registered with feet like this, but I'm just not sure I would want to. He, his twin and full siblings from last year had our top ROG and best overall structure for lambs. What to do, What to do, with this guy? Dam: FLK368T Sire: VJ9035W |
that hump at the front is normal in Dorpers. The question is how far back does the hoof go. Dorpers have huge feet to hold their weight on their shorter legs (big heavy build). If the hoof goes back fairly far under (big foot sticking out the front) it may help balance that out. Reason I'm mentioning it is that many of the Katahdins from the states are crossed out somewhere down the line and this may not be a weak foot just a "Dorper or other large breed throw back". His back feet look heavy too but positioned good. Of course if the foot is not going far back too then it just might be weak as you mentioned.
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