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  • Category: Farm Animals
  • Founded: Feb 6, 1999
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This list is for people interested in sheep color genetics, including Icelandic/Shetland/Finn and all other breeds. Also any heritable features such as horns, tails, fleece type, etc. are welcome for discussion.

***FOR COLOR GENETICS PRIMER, LOOK IN THE "FILES" -- ICELANDIC-SHETLAND COLOR GENETICS.RTF*** This has the basic definitions, theory, applications.

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Re: birth-coats/adult coats
Studies have been done on white and black and in the breeds studied the white grew faster and was more fine than the black. The studies that I have read
Posted - Wed May 7, 2008 9:51 pm
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Re: birth-coats/adult coats
Has anyone noticed any relation between color/pattern and fleece quality? From what I was told it varies by region/climate and nutrition. I was also told that
Posted - Wed May 7, 2008 8:36 pm
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Re: birth-coats/adult coats
Karen Lobb and I are giving a presentation in Monticello, UT in October with LOTS of examples of birth-coats, six month coats and adult coats in the
Posted - Wed May 7, 2008 4:22 pm
 Ingrid & Alan
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N-C origins
My son-in-law raises sheep on three farms he owns in northwestern Algeria, in his home village of Sig, the Village of Olives. I haven't seen photos of these
Posted - Wed May 7, 2008 3:59 pm
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sponenberg here
I'll try to respond to the various points. First, tracing just exactly what is in any landrace sheep breed (well, any sheep breed...) is well nigh impossible
Posted - Wed May 7, 2008 3:14 pm
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