I unfortunately can't post to r/sheep yet, but I thought I would try here.
This growth/skin blemish came on pretty suddenly, maybe over a week or two. The ram's hair coming out of it is coarse and thick, like bristles, and looks quite pink. Beneath it, there's a hard nodule.
He's about a year old.
There are so many skin issues, worst, parasites, etc that can affect sheep but I can't find anything online that seems to be similar.
by ttgcrane
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Looks like something fungal
Looks like maybe a wart?
This may be a bit of a stretch, but does your ram come into contact with desert plants on a daily basis? Is there a possibility that the “bristles” aren’t actually his hair but are the foliage of a plant seed that got lodged in a wound on the ram’s hide, and is now sprouting?
Papilloma
Poor dude has acne and might get rejected for prom =
New fear unlocked