United Horned Hair Sheep Association, Inc. |
PAGE 1 Contains: General Appearance; Head; Nose; Coat including Colors, Patterns and items affecting color PAGE 2 Contains: Ears; Eyes; Incisor Teeth; Neck; Shoulders and Withers; Chest; Back; Ribs and Abdomen; Bottom Line; Legs; Rump; Thigh; Twist; Udder; Scrotum; Tail; Hoof; Horns including Distance from Face, Horn Shape, Horn Length, and Horn Color; Size; Weight; Background and Heritage; Traits Required for Registration; Traits Discriminated Against; Disqualifications |
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Gopher Ear Length |
Normal Ear Length |
White/Cream colored hooves |
Black/Dark colored hooves |
Variegated Hooves Black/Dark colored hooves with light colored stripes or areas of color |
Variegated Hooves White/Cream colored hooves with black stripes or areas of color |
Elf Ear Length |
PAINTED DESERT SHEEP BREED STANDARDS PAGE 2 |
Black Horns Painted Desert Rams |
White Horns Mature Painted Desert Rams |
Variegated Horns Yearling Painted Desert Ram |
1 1/2 Year Old Horned Ewe |
Mature Horned Ewe |
Webbed Horns Homonymous HW |
TWIST: Hand Placement is indicated by the horizontal the vertcal blue line |
Supracervical Horns SH |
Homonymous Horns HH |
Ears will generally be at parallel to the ground (pictured above) or above for these sheep. Sheep which naturally have ears below parallel to the ground are disqualified from registration |
Variegated Hooves |
HORN MEASURING Click on picture above to learn how to measure and score YOUR ram! |
Eye Colors |
Normal Bite |
Underbite |
Overbite |
Back Legs - Side View |
Front Legs - Front View |
Front Legs - Side View |
Correct |
Correct |
Correct |
Sickle-Hocked |
Postlegged |
Weak Pasterns |
Calf Kneed |
Buck Kneed |
Toes Angled Inward Pigeon Toed |
Toes Angled Outward Splayfooted |
Bowlegged |
Knock- Kneed |
Weak Pasterns FAULT |
Back Legs - Rear View |
Correct |
Bowlegged |
Cow-Hocked |
CORRECT Both Testicles Normal and even |
DISQUALIFICATION (L) One testicle did not descend Unilateral Cryptorchidism (R) Both testicles did not descend Bilateral Cryptorchidism |
FAULT Both testicles small sized but still functioning properly |
FAULT One testicle smaller than the other |
SCROTUM/TESTICLES |
Tail Lengths |
Tails with these lengths are Correct |
Tails to the hocks are acceptable but considered a fault. Tails past the hocks (red horizontal line) are not acceptable and is a Disqualification from Registration |
Black Hooves |
Supracervical Horns SH |
Polycerate (Multiple - more than 2) Horns MH |
Ram to the LEFT has fused horns so that it looks like he only has 2 horns instead of 4 The three rams above have separate 4 horns |
Painted Desert Rams |
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