Sheep Snapshot Sunday: Show Potential

One of my purebred hamp lambs who will definitely have a future in the show ring.

Project Shopping

This past weekend we weighed most of our lambs in preparation for the upcoming 4-H weigh-in. While I am no longer a member in the club my brother and some other members will be picking out their lambs for their projects this week and taking them to weigh-in on Friday. With the date set a week earlier this year we selected lambs that are in the weight range from the high 40s to 60 lbs. as a suitable size for market projects. Based on the number of days until the show and the average daily gain for lambs we hope these lambs will all finish around 110 lbs. Picking from our own stock has always been something we have prided ourselves on. We have been lucky enough to never have to go outside the farm to pick our 4-H lambs so we know how they have grown from birth. However it is still hard to visualize what lambs will look like in 2.5-3 months on show day so picking is never easy.
Here are pictures of some prospect 4-H lambs