[Jacob-list] Registration Requirements

[Jim Spahr]

Thom,

I agree that the silver lining in this cloud for you could be that we propose a better defining of the terminology used in registration criteria.  I would still like to see actual photos published.  This might save a lot of hurt feelings and the $10 registration fee.  I would be glad to donate any photos I have for such purposes.  Does anyone else have any that they would be willing to share?  Perhaps we could scan them directly to the list and have everyone submit their evaluations.  
It might help if the disqualifying criteria were worded to state "undifferentiated and/or unbalanced.  I think that is the intended meaning. 
On the subject of only Jacobs that look good being registered in JSBA, we have 7 ewes out of around 60 or so, that have fused horns and are JSBA registered.  It is the rams that they are more stringent about when it comes to registration.  Personally, I am very glad of this.  When we had our first Jacobs 12 yrs. ago, we had some UGLY rams born with lobster-claw-like horns.  This trait was passed down in varying degrees.  Subsequently, we bred exclusively for 2-horned Jacobs for years.  We developed a super-wide hornset on our 2-horned Jacobs. We began to see photos of  4-horned Jacobs with striking hornsets, and decided that we would like to preserve the polycerate gene if we could use rams with horns of this quality.  We purchased Puddleduck Sir James 4 yrs. ago, and now have 4-horned ewes and rams that we are proud of.  No, I do not think that registration of a ram in JSBA means that this is how they want ALL rams to look.  I think that it means that the ram conforms to the breed standards, which allow for quite a bit of diversity in looks. I hope that you will continue to be interested in your Jacob sheep.     
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