Per and all, The Navajo-Churro has a few English Blue pattern sheep that are different from Black Badgerface. However, we see some Black Badgerface sheep that...
Listers, Holly might agree that part of the confusion about the Badger and English Blue distinctions might be that some of us are discussing PATTERN and some ...
"is a total mystery to me is the Grey/brown" Connie: Is this not just the gray pattern [A2 or Ag] on homo mootit [B2 or Bb]? I have a few in my flock and I...
Hi Connie and Stephania: In the Shetlands, there seems to be two ways (at least!) to get taupe. One seems to be fairly common for Shetlands, that is Ag and...
Greetings from New Zealand I thought you might be interested to see a picture of the most spectacular example of transverse stripes most of us have ever seen. ...
Whoa! I've never seen a "zebra sheep" before! ... Martha McGrath Deer Run Colored Coopworth Sheep in WV www.deerrunsheepfarm.com Your clicks fight hunger at...
Linda and Stephania, We are all on the same page here with these comments. Some of the cloudiness of color in Navajo-Churro is sorting out the Ed Browns...
Stephania, Is there a degree of intensity in the badgerface markings? For example, on the Icelandic poster there are two Black badgerface sheep that do seem to...
"Colored Sheep and Wool" -- 1989 Proceedings of the World Congress on Colored Sheep, Roger Lundie has an article starting on page 139 ref the Genetics of Coat...
Hi Connie: In the Shetland badgers, I have seen lots of yellow/tan on some faces and assume that these sheep have a strong pheomelanin component. My dark...
Jennifer, the stripes can usually be found if you know what to look for - you have to part the wool. But they show up best immediately after the lamb is shorn....
I've been in correspondence recently with a Shetland breeder with quite a few of what she calls mioget in her flock, who wanted some ideas on how to guess at...
For some reason I'm not getting Stephania's messages, and since I can't access the archives, I'm jumping into the dark here, but Connie's later message brings...
Hi Holly: In my Shetland flock, some of the taupes come out of Ag parents and "act" like normal Ag sheep regarding colour. Some give me a rich taupe caste in ...
Hi, Linda :) <<In my Shetland flock, some of the taupes come out of Ag parents and "act" like normal Ag sheep regarding colour. Some give me a rich taupe...
Hi Holly: Well, what I call an Ag sheep......right now is a catch all, as I believe it was in the Adalsteinsson research. If a sheep is not solid or badger or...
Linda writes: <<Well, what I call an Ag sheep......right now is a catch all, as I believe it was in the Adalsteinsson research. If a sheep is not solid or...
Hi Holly: I too make a similar distinction between age greying and Ag and agree that the phenotypes are quite different at birth. I don't call age greyed...
Hi, Linda :) <<I am not sure what your distinction is between hair and wool. >> I would love to see a definition of what makes hair vs what makes wool ... ...
Hi Holly: I agree, hair can be soft and long and silky. I am not quite ready to conclude that a fibre is hair because of the colour, especially given the ...
Hi Lanette and all, I emailed Roger Lundie and copied Lanette's last message. Maybe he'll respond .... maybe he wont. He is pretty busy with the next ...
Linda, Thanks. This is exactly my experience. Last year Laurelen asked a similar question sbout badger markings, so your comments are of interest to lots of ...
Holly, Wool is produced by Primary or secondary follicles in the skin. It is crimped by the way its produced. Merinos have more secondary follicles than ...
Holly, It is not my place to speak for Phil, but I will state that phaeo can and does color wool fiber...according to most authorities, most of us colored ...
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