2004 RAM ASSESSMENT FORM Adapted from the SSBG Ram Assessment Form, SSBG Handbook

RAM #                                     Name:                                         Colour:                           Age:                                
                                                                                Ideal
                                           (Central column is ideal, left and right are less desirable)

Head
1. Teeth on pad?                                                  [ ] YES                                                  [ ] NO
2. Horns: Growing into face?                                [ ] NO or POLLED                                [ ] YES
                        [ ] Small                                         [ ] Med. spiraled above head            [ ] Swept back
                        [ ] Close set                                   [ ] Well apart (2")                                [ ] Very wide
3. Wool on forehead and cheeks:
                        [ ] Absent                                      [ ] Present                                           [ ] Prolific
4. Ears:             [ ] Small                                         [ ] Medium                                         [ ] Large
                        [ ] Drooped                                   [ ] Elevated                                        [ ] Erect
5. Eyes:            [ ] Narrow set                                 [ ] Well apart                                     [ ] Very wide set
                        [ ] Dull                                            [ ] Bright, alert                                    [ ] Split eyelid
6. Profile:         [ ] Concave                                   [ ] Straight                                          [ ] Convex

Body
7. Chest:         [ ] Narrow                                       [ ] Medium                                           [ ] Wide
8. Ribs:            [ ] Weak                                          [ ] Well sprung                                     [ ] Heavy
9. Back:          [ ] Concave                                    [ ] Straight                                            [ ] Arched
                       [ ] Withers low                                 [ ] Parallel to ground                          [ ] Rear low
10. Rump:       [ ] Narrow                                       [ ] Medium width                                [ ] Very broad
                       [ ] Sloping                                       [ ] Rounded                                         [ ] Square
11. Tail:           [ ] Rat like                                        [ ] Fluke shaped                                  [ ] Broad
                       [ ] Wooly tip                                    [ ] Short (4")*                                        [ ] Long (> 6")
12. Testicles correct?                                              [ ] YES                                                   [ ] NO

Legs
13. Length:       [ ] Short                                         [ ] Medium                                           [ ] Long
14. Bone:          [ ] Weak                                        [ ] Fine                                                  [ ] Thick set

Fleece
15. Length:       [ ] Short (<2")                                 [ ] Medium (2" - 4")                               [ ] Long (>6")
16. Density:       [ ] Sparse                                      [ ] Dense                                               [ ] Very thick
17. Style:           [ ] Straight                                    [ ] Crimped (8-10 crimps per inch)        [ ] Wavy
18. Diameter:   [ ] Fine                                          [ ] Very fine                                            [ ] Coarse