First Homestead Photography Contest - Week One - Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong
This is my entry for @knowledge-seeker's very first Homestead Photography Contest! Check out the original post here.
This is Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong. He is our Katahdin ram. Katahdin's are a breed of hair sheep, meaning they don't grow wool. Instead, they grow hair. They need no shearing! He is wearing a breeding harness that marks which ewe he mounts so we know who has been bred and who hasn't.
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Very handsome fellow!
I think so as well! Thanks, @aunt-deb!
Oh! He is beautiful! I always wanted sheep, but have never been around them.
This is our first time raising them. I'm trying not to get too attached!
Yeah. That part is always hard.
Beautiful Ram! We raise hair sheep as well.
Awesome! Thanks, @heatherrose!
Good lookin' fella!
Thanks, @freedompoint!
He's lovely. Cool about the hair!
Thanks, @amymya!
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"Tis the season.. and all that.
Merry Christmas!!
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Thanks so much, @goldendawne!!! :D
I do not have a lot of experience with sheep, but I find it very interesting the they have some that grow hair instead of wool and I think this was a very good picture. The harness is a good idea, if you have many animals, to see how gets bred. Is that something you made or bought? Great Job!
Thanks so much, @knowledge-seeker! The harness was something we bought, though after receiving it we realized it was something that could have perhaps been made if we had the marking part already. Thankfully it should be something that is a one time purchase and will be used throughout our sheep keeping future. Thanks again!
If you don't mind me asking, what's the purpose of raising hair sheep? Meat? Pets?
That's a great question, @aibell! We are raising them to sell as meat. I'm trying so hard not to get attached to any, but when the lambs come...it will be irresistible.