I just made the time to read this article, and find a statement confusing: <<When dark brown sheep are mated together a few of the lambs can come out black,...
Hi Holly: This is in line with what I have found so far in working with what I think of dark brown in my Shetland flock. I think that the sheep that I have...
Linda writes: <<I think that the sheep that I have that are dark brown are actually AaAaBBBb with some modifier that makes them dark brown. My dark browns so...
Linda and Holly, Very interesting. I noted the same statement, Holly, and lack the experience to agree or, disagree. It seems I do hear this from other...
I have had a few dark brown Navajo-Churro sheep. I have not been successful in them producing dark brown offspring. In my flock they seem to be BBBb. They...
Hi Holly and Connie: I do see a difference in the eye rims, etc. on my dark browns when compared to a true black. As I said, it is just a hunch that they are...
I'm off for a week, so if this generates discussion, don't be surprised by my silence... I think there are dark browns, and then there are dark browns. The...
... Hi all, A simplified version of my theory about Dark Brown Shetlands works like this: BB = Black Pigment (dominant) Bb = Moorit (recessive) BD = Moorit...
Hi Carol: Thanks for the theory. I have printed it out and will keep it with my modified colour breeding materials. I will post breeding results from time to...
Carol writes: <<Dark brown = BB/BD and is the result of black and co-dominant moorit pigments within the same fiber. (Theresa Gygi has reported seeing this in...
Hi all, I don't remember if I posted what I've done to this list or not but here is a very brief synopsis: Using a 400x microscope, I did a "quick and dirty"...
... Holly, Thank you for retreiving this information. My original theory was based on the idea that the eumelanin pigment starts out as a brown pigment and ...
Why couldn't dark brown be a modification of the moorit gene? (terminology?) stephen ... From: Carol Kelly Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 07:40:27 -0700 (PDT) To:...
... Stephen, Yes, originally I thought dark brown was a modification of the moorit gene. But I am leaning toward the belief that at least one BB gene needs to...
... Folks, I just realized that I may have confused you by presenting two different, but similar theories about the genetics of dark brown in separate...
Hi Carol and Linda, I have been following the discussions of Dark Brown with some humour and interest. I guess I am a terrible skeptic and don't quite buy into...
Hi Kim: I think you are right to be skeptical :-). And I fully agree that the dark brown sheep in my flock could turn out to be modified moorits. The...
...however, to my eye...the dark brown on the nassa poster doesn't look like the dark, unsweetened chocolate. To me the dark unsweetened chocolate is...
Hi Stephen: Well, I did do a chocolate chip test with my semi sweets against the poster and it matches up pretty well to my eye :-). I find the semi sweet to...
One of my first Navajo-Churro ewes, was what I would call a dark brown. I always called her black, believing that she faded to a dark bitter chocolate candy...
Carol writes: <<I do still suspect that dark brown is a modified black. Either resulting from a blend of phaeomelanin with black eumelanin in the same fiber>>...
Hi Holly and Carol: That is why I think the test breedings are so important to find clues. Until I do some more of that, I will continue to call my ideas...
Stephen writes: <<Holly, are you coming to the MFF this year? I'd like to have you see these charcoals if you're interested. >> YES! :) We're planning to...
Hi Holly: I too am working on test breeding for charcoal but do not have any news nearly as exciting as Stephen's. I did breed two dark brown ewes to a mioget...
Linda writes: <<I did breed two dark brown ewes to a mioget ram and got two mioget and three dark brown lambs.>> I wish I could come see them :) Any chance...
Hi Holly: I will try to get some sampling done on the lambs, probably when we start halter training in a couple of weeks. I will also send samples to Theresa ...
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