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Supracervical (SH) Heart Shaped Horns displayed by a Mouflon Ram |
NEW MEXICO DAHL SHEEP BREED STANDARDS |
Measuring depth of the twist: Hand Placement is indicated by the horizontal red lines. The depth is the vertcal blue line |
Polycerate Horns Multiple Horns (MH) More than 2 horns is a DISQUALIFICATION FROM REGISTRATION |
Variegated Horns |
This hoof is variegated in color |
New Mexico Dahl Ewe Lambs with Typical Coloring |
New Mexico Dahl 2 Year Old Rams with Onate Coloring |
Homonymous Horns (HH) NM Dahl Ram |
Black Horns on a NM Dahl Ewe with Onate Coloring |
Ewes must display horns to be eligible for registration |
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 |
Gopher Ear Length |
Elf Ear Length |
Natural Ear length |
ELF EAR & GOPHER EAR LENGTHS are a Disqualification from Registration |
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 |
White Horns on NM Dahl Ram |
White Horns on a NM Dahl Ewe on the right To the Left is a young NM Dahl ewe with white horns |
Homonymous Webbed Horns (HW) Painted Desert Ram |
HORN MEASURING Click on picture above to learn how to measure and score YOUR ram! |