Greetings,I am new to this group and would like more information about spots and other similar patterns. I have corriedales and corrie crosses (mostly Rommey)....
Hello Everyone, Our Transport Trip is coming together. Last confirmed stop is in KS with possible stops in KY, TN, and OK. Below are the states we are looking...
Hello, I'm wanting to register a spotted ewe lamb, but am at a loss as to properly label her markings. Her picture is in the photo section under Fensalyr Fold....
Introduction Hello all, My name is Karen and I live in Bellingham, WA (near the Canadian border). I'm originally from northern Calif. and moved here a couple...
I've just sorted out the pedigree on some newly acquired ewes and it turns out they are cousins of my ram! I've heard that five (degrees?) of separation is a...
We have bred sons to mothers, fathers to daughters, with no problems, while when breeding as unrelated a ram and ewe as possible, a genetic abnormality of the...
The original flock of Shetlands in NA were four (or five?)ewes and a ram brought over in 1948 to Saskatchewan. The flock stayed closed until quite recently...
We are making a short trip to northern California on October 30. Return will be on Oct 31. Our route south will be Oregon Hwy 97 or I-5 (depending on p/u...
Hello Everyone, We have several route changes in our transport trip. We will be transporting through the following states: OR > WA > Northern ID > MT > WY > CO...
If a sheep is a grey badgerface will it's genotype look like this? Ag/Ab BB/?? ??/?? If Ag is dominant to Ab, how come the badgerface isn't masked? (sorry for...
My understanding is that Ag and Ab (also At) are all co-dominant. Therefore a sheep carrying both Ag and Ab will have badgerface markings on the face, but no...
Nicely explained! Thank you :) The 'grey katmoget' I was referring to was pulled from a pedigree on the NASSA website so I'm going to assume it was a black...
The only other facial markings that I am aware of are those that are part of the gulmoget (At) pattern, and the katmollet that is frequently found along with...
... are ... Gail, Thanks for taking the time to answer my newby questions. So, of these from the list on the NASSA website, can you tell if they are spotted,...
To the best of my knowledge, all are controlled by the spotting locus S, with the possible exception of katmollet, and I don't think enough is really known...
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I've found that it's quite difficult to assign a color genotype to the wide variety of Shetland "Markings" that NASSA lists, especially with the fading blacks...
From a post in the Shetland group: http://www.shetlandsheepinfo.com/FLEECE/patterns_&_markings.htm I'm sure many of you know this website, but for those just...
I have a little finnsheep lamb. He was born as black, started to fade quickly to grey. Yesterday I suddenly noticed something weird on his fur. He does have a...
... My guess: a local mutation. During early pregnancy, there has happened a mutation from BB to Bb in one cell of the embryo, and the "offspring" of that cell...
Thanks Liisa, for a quick reply. Local mutation sounds as a good explanation If there is two lambs from a same ewe, do you think that the mutation touches them...
Hi, this is just opinion on my part and I'm not expert. After viewing the photos I believe the lamb could be Ag/Aa BB/B? Ss/Ss. It seems from the areas of...
Or, to make matters more complicated, this could be a "moonspot" as is seen in goats. I had never seen this in sheep before, but it almost certainly occurs in...
... I don't think so. This local mutation thing is supposed to be just a chance. When there is a puppy dog with such a mutated spot, its litter mates don't...
Riina, Your little odd spotted lamb looks quite healthy. Even if the color spot is a mutation, it would affect only that little area. The rest of the lamb's ...
Interesting discussion about the lone spot showing up on a sheep... This year I picked up 1 full blood Tunis and 2 TunisXHampshire/Dorset ewe lambs that have a...
... I have to throw in my own example of a strange spot on a lamb. I had a lamb who was both badgerfaced and grey (Ab/Ag). His fleece was white everywhere...
I have a line of brown and black badgerfaced Icelandics that have a black spot on the hip or back. It kind of roams around in the different generations. A...
spots are always white. stephen val_spun <val_spun@...> wrote: Interesting discussion about the lone spot showing up on a sheep... This year I picked up...
