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MULTI-HORNED SHEEP BREED STANDARDS |
Measuring depth of the twist: Hand Placement is indicated by the horizontal red lines. The depth is the vertcal blue line |
Entropian is where the Lower lid of the eye is turned inward. This is generally considered genetically passed to offspring. |
Primary Horns - generally larger bases and coming out closer to top of head |
Secondary Horns - generally smaller bases and growing from the sides |
White Horns |
Gopher Ear Length |
Elf Ear Length |
Natural Ear length |
Ears will generally be at parallel to the ground (depicted to left) or above parallel (pictured right on a young Mouflon ram lamb). Sheep which naturally have ears below parallel to the ground are disqualified from registration |
Back Legs - Side View |
Eye Colors |
Correct |
Sickle-Hocked |
Postlegged |
Normal Bite |
Underbite |
Back Legs - Rear View |
Overbite |
Correct |
Bowlegged |
General Anatomy |
Cow-Hocked |
Front Legs - Front View |
Front Legs - Side View |
Correct |
Correct |
Weak Pasterns |
Calf Kneed |
Buck Kneed |
Toes Angled Inward Pigeon Toed |
Toes Angled Outward Splayfooted |
Bowlegged |
Knock- Kneed |
Weak Pasterns FAULT |
CORRECT Both Testicles Normal and even |
DISQUALIFICATION Both testicles did not descend Bilateral Cryptorchidism |
DISQUALIFICATION One testicle did not descend Unilateral 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 |
This young ram lamb has 4 horns. The two closest are actually growing fused from the base. |
This ram has 4 horns fused so much that it almost looks like he only has two horns |
This young ram has 4 horns with the two on viewer's right side fused |
HORNS ON EWES (L) 4 separate horns (R) 4 small horns... two on left possibly will become fused as the sheep ages |
(L) Mature ram with 4 separate horns - growing forward (M) Ram with 4 separate horns - growing backward (R) Young ram lamb with 4 separate horns |
Variegated Horns |
Black Horns |
above to learn how to measure and score your ram's horns |