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...
you might also ask how long the red lasts. There is a California Red sheep -
the lambs are a nice red color (going by the pcitures) but they grow out of it...
Linda writes: <<Glad to have a face for your name now. I enjoyed our chats at the Congress.>> You went to NZ for the World Congress on Colored Sheep and...
The California Reds are derived of Tunis/Barbados. So I'm thinking the Tunis is closer to the source, which is why I'm trying to understand where it comes from...
I know I've had some Awt/A? shetland lambs born with gorgeous red fleece from phaeomelanin (Awt=white with tan) , and I'm thinking that this was actually a...
Val writes: <<The California Reds are derived of Tunis/Barbados. So I'm thinking the Tunis is closer to the source, which is why I'm trying to understand where...
ummm dad raised rabbits for show and table. Never saw any fading with them -
not even the reds. I wouldn't call it a ture fire red, but they were
definitly...
Hi Holly: Well, I fell off a bale stack and separated my shoulder just after I got back from NZ. I am just now starting to get some time for "extras". I had...
Linda, Sorry to hear about your shoulder. Hope it is getting better. The book that Linda mentions is a wonderful book. It is hard bound with many pages of...
Hi Laurelen: Good to hear from you! Shoulder is coming along, have to go slow and not overextend as I really need to have two hands and arms for lambing :-). ...
I don't know why sheep can't seem to keep "red" pigment in wool, but they really don't seem to be able to. The closest to red seems to be the primary fibers in...
Hi Linda Any chance you might have photos of examples of Alb in either black or brown base? I suspect that I have a yearling ram that may be Alb, but would...
