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grow up from the top of his head,
and another set of horns that grow
from the side and curve down
toward the creature's face. These
horns can require trimming if they
threaten to grow into the flesh.
"Breeders look for symmetry in the
horns as well as a good coat," Randy
explains. "I have a friend who
brought a ram here from North
Dakota, and the ram's horns are two
feet long. I may use him to try to
breed some of that length into my
own stock. Some of these sheep can
actually have three sets of horns on
their heads." Jacobs sheep tend to
be on the small side, like a Suffolk,
and Randy only knows of four other
people who have this type of sheep
in Ontario.
wice a year Randy
attends the exotic animal
sale held in Wainfleet,
near Welland, Ontario.
Usually when he goes
down, he takes a calf and a couple of
sheep to sell, and has a look at what
others are breeding as well. "The
Nubian goats are meat goats, and I
sell the billy goats at the Toronto
markets. The females I keep to
breed. Currently, the Nubian herd is
about two-thirds registered, and I
want to work up to a completely
registered herd."
At one time, they also had
Vietnamese potbellied pigs and
several rabbits, but these were sold
as they were not working out.
"The potbellied pigs were more
or Less showpieces," says Randy.
"We found that we couldn't breed
them, although we never discovered
why that wouldn't work out. I
wanted something that was more
practical, more than just a novelty.
The rabbits as well; we were
breaking even on them, but never
making a profit, and they were a lot
of work."
Walking out behind their 1877
farmhouse, Randy opens the gates to
the fence that he made out of cedar
poles. The two big dogs Shannon
(the Irish Wolfhound) and Tayla (the
Neapolitan Mastiff) thrust their
noses through, but don't go past
here. We are in the paddock with
the llama, a three-year-old gelding
that Randy bought in Barrie a couple
of years ago. "He's pretty quiet, and