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TEXAS DALL SHEEP BREED STANDARDS |
Measuring depth of the twist: Hand Placement is indicated by the horizontal red lines. The depth is the vertcal blue line |
Homonymous (HH) Horns spiraling out like a corkscrew especially when viewed from side |
Homonymous Webbed Horns (HW) |
Texas Dall's Nose Pads and Lips MUST be pink and muzzle must be white |
Spots on the nose pad or lips or muzzle. This is a Disqualification from registration as a Texas Dall Sheep |
Texas Dall Twin Lambs Ram and Ewe |
White Horns are CORRECT |
White Horns CORRECT Mature Texas Dall Ram Homonymous Horns |
Triplets with Mom |
Texas Dall Ewe Lamb Note the bright pink nose! |
Note the Fawn Ear Tips on this Ewe Lamb which did not fade away as lamb matured This is a Disqualification from registration as a Texas Dall; however, the lamb could be registered as a Painted Desert Sheep Once either the Sire or Dam of the sheep is identified as a spot or nonstandard color producer, it is suggested to no longer use that Sire or Dam as Texas Dall Breeding Stock |
Variegated Horns DISQUALIFICATION This ram also shows black coloring around the nose pad, muzzle, on lips, solid black eyelid margin, as well as coloring under the left eye. ALL of which are disqualifications for being registered as a Texas Dall. |
Back Legs - Side View |
This hoof is variegated in color and is a Disqualification from Registration as a Texas Dall Sheep |
Front Legs - Front View |
Front Legs - Side View |
Correct |
Correct |
Gopher Ear Length |
Correct |
Sickle-Hocked |
Elf Ear Length |
Postlegged |
Weak Pasterns |
Natural Ear length |
Calf Kneed |
Ears will generally be at parallel to the ground or above. Sheep which naturally have ears below parallel to the ground are disqualified from registration |
Buck Kneed |
Toes Angled Inward Pigeon Toed |
Toes Angled Outward Splayfooted |
Bowlegged |
ACCEPTABLE |
Knock- Kneed |
Too much coloring on eyelid margin and around eye. This is a Disqualification from registration |
Weak Pasterns FAULT |
ACCEPTABLE |
Back Legs - Rear View |
Correct |
Normal Bite |
Bowlegged |
Underbite |
General Anatomy |
Overbite |
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) Disqualification from Registration |
Black Horns are a DISQUALIFICATION |
Supracervical (SH) Heart Shaped Horns displayed by a Mouflon Ram |
Polycerate Horns More than 2 horns Mature Ram on Left displays 4 separate horns Ram Lamb on Right has two separate horns and two fused horns Fused Horns are considered a FAULT |
Texas Dall Horned Ewe |
Click on picture above to learn how to measure and score your ram's horns |