Hi, I am looking for some Racka sheep from Hungary. Does anyone know if there are any available in the United States ? Thanks for any information Beth...
When Elite Genetics was in business, they had information on them. Don't know if they ever imported semen or not. Heritage Genetics now has the semen that...
Elite Genetics, wanted to collect the Racka, but could never get the health protocols in Hungary where they were acceptable to USDA. Barbara ... From: "Gail...
Found an interesting sheep breeding site on the web that others may enjoy reading also. It's from an Australian sheep breeding catalogue discussing phenotype,...
I'm still trying to figure out my color genetics...I have plenty of girls (and boys) with color, but have been less than successful trying to figure out when I...
Hi Terry: A number of Shetland breeders are running a multi year breeding project to try and get some idea of the genetics behinds two specific Shetland ...
Hi Laurie: I use pedigrees and breeding records to genotype my Shetlands, based on the hierarchy set out by Adalsteinsson. Fortunately, our breed association...
Hi Laurie The only DNA tests I know of are for scrapie resistance. Are any of the labs doing DNA tests for color and pattern? I would be interested. Basic...
We are pretty new to Shetlands, but I am fascinated by the genetics, so I
have been studying that.. We have had 21 lambs this year (with 5 ewes yet to
go), and...
HI Laurie: What color/tone, pattern, or marking (spots) are you trying to achieve. Tell us your goal and list the color of your ewes (and rams) and we could...
I was going to suggest tracking the lamb color - but someone beat me to it. If you are having that much trouble guessing it, you might try recording not only...
Thanks everyone for all of your advise.Now that the flock book is online, it'll be much easier for me to look back.still, wish some grad student somewhere...
I just acquired a cormo/cvm ram. He is moorit - the fleece is amazing - Anyway.... His sire and dam are both the results of a purebred cormo ram and a cvm...
check the local colleges/univeristies for what classes they offer, maybe check MIT in Mass - if you can find a genetics magazine in the library, you could...
Hi everyone, This morning the last of my shetland ewes had twin lambs. Both of these lams are multi colored and I've posted a link to their baby album at the...
I also have a color question.when a lamb exhibits more than one color.do you put both down on the registration paper? Also, knowing that some/most of the...
Depends on what the lamb looks like. I have some katmoget lambs that will be grey katmogets as adults, but they were born with what I can only call "dog brown"...
Hi Norma and others, I would think the female lamb is some type of grey....I see similar lambs in animals showing "English Blue" and/or grey originally from...
Hi When I compare these lambs with gute lambs it looks like the light coloured lamb would be white, with tan spots (Awt). The darker lamb could be English blue...
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Yes the white spots on the fathers face are at the corner of his eyes so I think they are over the tear ducts. There are pictures of Glofly on the Shetland...
In the files of sheep-color-genetics I have a few years ago posted a photo of a lamb that is heterozygous grey/english blue. It is a cross between a grey gute...
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Gail writes and I could finally copy it to respond (problems with computer <sigh>): <<I have had at least one lamb born with both moorit (not phaeo) and black...
Hi Holly I wondered if the ram might not be a mosaic. I know that mosaic occurs in humans, so it seems reasonable to suspect that it might occur in other...
Hi Holly! We do have one very interesting ram lamb right now, but I suspect he is that "black version of mioget" we've been breeding for. He just doesn't...
Hi Stephen and Holly: All of my "modified" colour experiment lambs have been born now. I have one that I am pretty sure will be the charcoal/pewter colour....
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