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Okay, so maybe you have to be breeding for polled Shetlands to get excited over this little nubbin that is Braveheart's right scur. Yesterday morning while haltering him I noticed it was loose, and when I checked to see how loose, it came off in my fingers. Up until now, both scurs have felt firmly attached, and they doubled in size in the last month. I was resigning myself to longer scurs than I had hoped for, but this development is encouraging. The left scur is slightly loose now, too. I am told by those who know much more about pollies than I that Braveheart will mostly likely repeat this over and over (grow small scurs and then knock them off). I'd quite happy with that!Later I went back armed with my camera to document the appearance of his horn area --
even though THIS view is much cuter!
While I had him haltered, I also took close-ups of his fleece. The following shots were taken of, in order: mid-shoulder, mid-side, flank, and backbone.
(I'd say the full head shot and the last fleece photo are most true-to-color.) Gotta love that uniformity!That's it for now at . . .
6 comments:
He's gorgeous, Michelle and his fleece is exquisite!!!! You should get some nice babies from that handsome fellow...
a nice musket and crimpy, CONSISTENT fleece Michelle! Congrats! I've heard that Ag animals are the softest of all the shetland colors......this should be very exciting! I can't wait to see his lambs :)
I think that you did very well with your new sheep! His fleece is lovely; is it as soft as it looks?
As for the scurs, loosing them this quickly seems very good news. And this coming from a dyed-in-the-wool (hehehe) horn-lover....
What a georgous boy..I think I could be convinced to check into polled rams..those horns can be intimidating! I've enjoyed looking through your blog..my goodness but you are a woman of many talents..you must stay very buisy!!
Yummy yummy wool!
What a handsome boy, and with such nice crimpy fleece! Give him a hug from his cousins in AZ!
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