I led you all up the garden path
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (352987)
Rockingham, Australia
March 28, 2023 10:33pm CST
The photo I used in a recent post has a photo of what I thought was a Jacob’s sheep. This breed can have more than one horn. However, they are goats in the photo in the previous discussion which many of you thought and you were correct.
On close inspection, the third horn turned out to be an ear. That will teach me to take a bit more time when I post photos.
However THIS photo is of a Jacobs’ sheep but the extra horns aren’t easy to see.
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@Laurakemunto (13131)
• Kenya
29 Mar 23
From the fight sight I thought it was a sheep
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@Laurakemunto (13131)
• Kenya
29 Mar 23
@JudyEv that's why I was wondering though it's a good one merino I guess? That's the only sheep species I know
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@JudyEv (352987)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 23
@Laurakemunto I think it is a Jacob's. There are dozens of breeds and most are very different from each other.
Do you like this one? It's a Schwarznasenschaf or Valais Blacknose, photo courtesy of David Gerke, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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@JudyEv (352987)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 23
Yes, many breeds have horns and some have had the horns bred out of them. So there is a Dorset Horn breed and a Poll Dorset breed which doesn't have horns but is similar in other respects. Here is a photo of a Dorset Horn. I took the photo at the Perth Royal Show. I bet he is very proud of his horns but they must weight a lot.
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@wolfgirl569 (115834)
• Marion, Ohio
29 Mar 23
I knew they were goats but like you I thought there was an extra horn showing. It does sometimes happen.
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@wolfgirl569 (115834)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Mar 23
@JudyEv Not in person. But I came across these playing online one time. They would be fun to have.
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@JudyEv (352987)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar 23
@wolfgirl569 Oh wow - and those are some horns, aren't they? Not just scurrs.
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@BarBaraPrz (49578)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
29 Mar 23
See! I told ya!
Now, about the Jacobs' sheep... I guess the curly horns protect their eyes, because they can't do much harm to anything else, curled up that way.
Now, about the Jacobs' sheep... I guess the curly horns protect their eyes, because they can't do much harm to anything else, curled up that way.2 people like this
@allen0187 (58574)
• Philippines
29 Mar 23
Thanks for sharing the photo.
Lovely animal!
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@RebeccasFarm (94525)
• Arvada, Colorado
29 Mar 23
An ear then...how strange lol
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@RebeccasFarm (94525)
• Arvada, Colorado
30 Mar 23
@JudyEv Eh, its okay I didnt notice either.
Eh, its okay I didnt notice either.1 person likes this
@JudyEv (352987)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar 23
@DaddyEvil Thanks. I think really it's because sometimes I'm trying to hurry a bit much.
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@Treborika (17895)
• Mombasa, Kenya
30 Mar 23
I have never encountered a sheep with three horns
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@Treborika (17895)
• Mombasa, Kenya
30 Mar 23
@JudyEv So interesting my friend. I wish I do see this one
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@allknowing (145386)
• India
30 Mar 23
I remember reading those comments by some in that post about what they saw in that photo were goats and not sheep
