I am about to turn my Shetland Ram out with the rest of my Shetland flock. I also have one 3 year old Romanov ewe, that I am temped to breed, but wonder waht...
Cheryl- I used a Shetland ram over my Finns the first year as I couldn't get a ram. In this cross, the lambs took on more of the Shetland characteristics. I...
Hi Deb, I am very curious how you advertise for pet sales to petting zoos and the like....? Are your sales in this vain word of mouth only or do you advertise ...
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Hi Deb, I am very curious how you advertise for pet sales to petting zoos and the like....? Are your sales in this vain word of mouth only or do you advertise ...
Hi Cheryl and others, Romanov's are all agouti grey as far as I know, so you will get white lambs from white breeds, but will get coloured lambs from patterned...
I can't keep quite on this one. I have a registered Romonov Ram that I am using on several kinds of ewes this year, so I will have a pretty good idea what...
Two shetland rams need transport from the Upper Michigan area to Salem Oregon anytime after mid-December. If you or anyone you know can help, please contact:...
Hi, You may want to contact Ron Keener. His livelihood is transporting small livestock cross country. By small livestock, I mean sheep, goats, rabbits and...
Wed, 17 Nov 04 Shipping Ram Hi Jim, Ron's price for shipping an animal depends upon (1) fuel cost, (2) floor space needed for animal, (3) distance from pick up...
... I have emailed him, but appaerently he to busy driving around the nation to stop and sleep or read his email. In one digest from his group he has been...
Hi all, I was looking at one of my Shetland ewe lambs who is now 8 months old. From a distance she looks very black and even seems to resist sun bleaching. ...
Heel low: Looking for input into ideas on how to judge Jacob fiber. I know alot of registries have a separate "grading" system for Jacob fiber...is this...
Jacob fiber is no different to other breeds of sheep fiber. You don't seem to realize how expensive this would be. If you are to set up a standard then you...
Kelly, My experience is with breeds other than Shetland. If the White coming in to the black is a hair or a bit coarser wool fiber (not kemp really) - just a ...
Heel low: ... I will agree in so much that wool is wool is like styrofoam cups stacked on top of each other. However... Jacob fiber is unique in several ways...
Does anyone have a copy of a wool grading score card from a wool judging show? I am still looking for a Jacob Sheep wool standard (just wool) and have not...
Tara, I apologize to other readers since this is nothing to do with color genetics. I have been in the sheep business since 1973 and have been involved with...
Hey everyone, in just a week or two, we will have available a fantastic selection of LGD pups for sale!!! These pups are from our two Tatra/Maremma x bitches...
Hi Carol: In Shetlands, I have seen two main types of black and white fibre grey. One is a genetically grey sheep, having at least one Ag gene at agouti....
Carol writes: <<I have also heard that white fibers in a dark fleece are undesirable, but maybe some blends are more interesting than solid colors?>> My...
... Linda, I think this "age graying" is what I am seeing. Mother is Aa/Aa black. Twin sister is Ag/Aa with the typical pattern for this kind of gray. Two...
Hi Carol: You asked if I though age greying was dominant or recessive. The short answer is I am not sure :-). It appears to be controlled by genes outside of...
Hi All, I haven't posted in a while... been reading, lurking, learning, and breeding lovely sheep :-) I was looking through the archives for a discussion on...
As far as I remember the red sheep have the white/tan gene (Awt) on the A-locus and homozygous E+E+ on the extension locus. An European sheep of that genotype...
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The red is tough to maintain in woolled sheep - so that reasonably fine woolled sheep that are born red all fade to ivory at maturity. The exceptions are some...
Hi Phil: Glad to have a face for your name now. I enjoyed our chats at the Congress. I am assuming that the red colour in the primitives and the hair sheep is...
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