Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 03:42:11 -0000 ... Hi Jared I took a look at the photo ..and it is possible this is 'copper banding' Although this may only appear in...
Robin, Thanks for confirming my thoughts on this banding instance which looks different from the normal Shetland banding. I have seen similar cases in ...
Hi again, list folks. Here's another puzzle from EverRanch and the half Scottish Blackfaces: Our "black" Border Leicester ewe, Hilda, just gave birth to an all...
... Blood tests tend to show results of recent feeding and not long term conditions. We started our investigations that way and it took years before we were...
The color genetics of black-faced breeds are tough to decipher - so when folks get unusual crossbreds from them, I just shrug! I have seen blacks pop out of...
Franna writes: <<Our "black" Border Leicester ewe, Hilda, just gave birth to an all black (couple of white specks on his skull) ram lamb. The sire is a ...
Kim writes: <<I would say this is reversed... the white lamb is not EDE+, but the black lamb could be. Unless you know the black BL is EDE+ from other ...
Holly said.."But it does seem reasonable to assume she's Awt/A? BB/B? Ed/E? at the very least. I don't know how else she could throw a white lamb when bred by...
... Hi Franna The traditional cross Mule and Half bred are always the Leicester (Blue headed or Border) ram over the Scottish Blackface of Cheviot ewe .... ...
hi my friends have registered colored border leicesters. they often have white lambs from 2 blacks. they have also had whites out of colored lincolns which...
on another list, folks are saying that Finnsheep with blueberry tongues ( not black) bred to other blueberry tongues {attached to animals} give gray fleeces. ...
Elizabeth, For what it's worth, in Soays, dark brown Soays have black tongues, moorit Soays and white Soays have pink tongues, and dark-brown-and-white Soays...
My spotted shetlands have spotted tongues! Several have perfectly round black spots on the tongues. Looks really funny when you see them. stephen ... ...
thanks much ! I keep thinking of hog calling when I see the name Soay, as it used to be common to call out "Suuuuuuuuue-eeeeeeeee". TIA, Elisabeth Faulkner &...
Cool...sounds really funny,too <G> If anyone else responds to this tongue thread, may I copy to the other list? TIA, Elisabeth Faulkner & cohorts Esmont, Va. ...
... My Blueface Leicester crossed to Jacob and to Navajo-Churro have spotted tongues. So do the purebred Jacobs. So what's the deal about spotted tongues?...
In the Icelandics the tounges of the spotted are frequently spotted. I once had a super white (the white caused by spotting gene) ewe with a spotted tounge....
Hello All: We sheared our Shetlands last week and so I was able to have a close up look at some of my puzzling fleeces. I had posted earlier about a possible...
this sounds more like a "hiccup" or birth mark to me. Goats get something similar - the moonspots of Nubians and other breeds. But - I have not seen those as...
Haven't gotten any messages since the end of March, and wondering if folks are just busy lambing, or if something has happened with my getting messages. If...
The blue pattern is identified by a white "tear drop" below the indentation in front of a sheep's eye. It is usually characterized by a lighter saddle area...
Chris, Maybe because your name is English you took it for granted and just used plain blue. To me, the pattern you describe is English Blue, so named because...
I have been reading a lot about the unique color genetics of Finns-Icelandics-Shetlands. I understand a little about how that works but I'm curious about...
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