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                       Horns, Manes, Ears, Tails, & Eyes

of the Black Hawaiian, Painted Desert, Corsican & Texas Dall Sheep

HORNS:

Painted Desert, Black Hawaiian, American Blackbelly & Texas Dall rams will have horns.  Sometimes they take different shapes.  The Texas Dall rams usually seem to maintain the supracervical (heart shaped) horns more than the Painted Desert Sheep and the Black Hawaiian Sheep; however, you may see any of these type of sheep with the heart shaped horns.  There are also webbed horns and the most common type is homonymous or horns that spiral out.  A few Painted Desert Sheep bloodlines carry the polycerate or multi-horn gene from their Jacob or Navajo Churro Sheep ancestors. It is rare to find a true Painted Desert ram with polycerate horns. 

Supracervical Horns

(Heart Shaped)

Photo Sandoah Achers

We have offspring from this ram here at Rafter SB.  His maternal grandfather is from Netherland Zoo Mouflon Stock.

Webbed Horns

photo Blackwood's Painted Desert Sheep

Homonymous Horns

(spiraling out)

photo Rafter SB

Polycerate Horns

(multiple horns - 4)

Photo Rafter SB - Jacob Ram

Horns can be wide spread (usually preferred) or have a close spread.

Wide Horn Spread

Photo Rafter SB

Close Horn Spread
shown by ram's left horn

photo Rafter SB

Horns are white or black or sometimes variegated with both white and black colors in the horns.

 

White Horns on a young PD ram lamb

photo Rafter SB

Black Horns on a young PD ram lamb

photo Rafter SB

Variegated Horns on a young PD ram lamb

photo Rafter SB

 

horned Texas Dall ewe at 4 yrs old

Photo Rafter SB

young horned PD ewe

photo Rafter SB

 

 

Ewes can have horns too.  Some people believe that this will just help to provide good horn genetics while others simply prefer ewes with horns as the horns make it easier to hold the ewes. The ewes' horns will not be as large and impressive when compared to rams' horns but some ewes really have beautiful horns!

 

 

Please note, we have divided this page into several different pages to assist in ease of viewing.  Be sure to visit the other pages by clicking on links below:
Origins Nature Horns Measuring Horns Horn Classes Horn Growth in Lambs Colors Ears Tails Eyes Advantages

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*Directions for measuring horns based on Records Of Exotics standards - Records of Exotics
It is in PDF form.