Got back safe and sound, what a drive, not a long distance but for what it is, it seemed like some Hitchcock movies I have seen. There is a stretch inbetween...
I would love it if folks with more sheep color experience would take a look at the photo I just posted (Hatton Finnsheep folder) and tell me if the 07 lamb is...
... take a look ... the 07 ... last year ... dark grey. ... for my ... the fall ... Grace, It appears to me that what you have is a sun-bleached black. I have...
Hi! My name is Dee Heinrich, and I am new to the group. I have had an interest in color genetics for years with my small flock of Romney sheep, but am now...
Hi Group, I am Elizabeth Kinne and I have been raising Finnsheep at my farm, Stillmeadow, in NY since 1994. Grace Hatton posed a question recently about a ram...
Hi Elizabeth: I breed Shetlands and have done some test breeding experiments with a mechanism that produces a dark brown in Shetland sheep. You can see the ...
I have been looking in the archive and reading about modified colors. I have probably misinterpreted sunbleaching to mean actual exposure to the sun when in...
Hi Dee: Ed (Extension Dominant) will give black with BB sheep and brown with BbBb sheep. We had a fairly in depth discussion on Extension genetics a few ...
Hi Grace: I do quite a bit of breeding with the "modified" genetics in Shetlands. I think "sunbleaching" is a different mechanism and is an interaction...
... with BbBb ... few ... means that ... not Ed, ... showing a ... well as ... spot ... carrying ... also be ... extreme spotting gene to produce a white lamb...
I don't know how much this helps, but I used to have a couple shetlands who were BbBb AgAa, and their fleeces looked gray rather than gray brown unless you...
You're invited to view my online photos at the Gallery. Enjoy! You're invited to view these photos online at KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery! Just click on View Photos...
Hi all We've had an amazing lamb crop this year and are pleased to announce that we have some lovely lambs for sale. Rams, ewes and wethers are good to go to...
We have a couple of ram lambs and one ewe lamb ready to go - - priced at $185 each. They are black (probably grey or modified). We are in Northeast PA Take a...
Please excuse this cross-post: Firth of Fifth Acres would like to announce that the following are available for sale as we move toward new goals. Our Shetland...
Stillmeadow Finnsheep in central New York has black & white registered Finn ram lambs for sale. These May born lambs are pictured in my album and will be...
You're invited to view my online photos at the Gallery. Enjoy! You're invited to view these photos online at KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery! Just click on View Photos...
Hello All: I have started a bit of a summer research project, trying to get a bit more understanding of colour in Blue Faced Leicesters. I found an article by...
Hi Gail: Thanks. I will follow up with Stephen. I have seen pictures of his but should probably look at his lambs now they are a bit older. I have pictures ...
Linda, Judy Colvin has colored BFL's as well I have seen photos of solid looking BFL's (AaAa) as well as an Abl type They also have a phenotype that looks...
Hi Franna: Here is the link: http://www.delcostud.com/colorgenetics.htm I am a total newbie WRT longwool colour genetics. So, just collecting info and...
For differences between Ag and faded solid, I think I would look for: White fibres in ears or on lips are more tipical of Ag. (And generally white on the face,...
I have not seen any Aa/Aa BFL's. Do not know if they exist, but suspect ones that show Ag patterns have some crossbreeding way back in their backgrounds....
Hi, I joined this list in the hope that over time you will be able to offer me the benefit of your experience and knowledge. I keep ouessant sheep a breed that...
Hi, my name is Allena, and my blog is www.allena.thethreeringranch.com I live in Humansville Missouri, and I have 4 kids, 9 m, 3, 5, and 14. I have 4 reg...
Hi Renée, Welcome to the sheep-color-genetics group. I was delighted to learn that you have a flock of Ouessants! I keep a very small flock of Shetlands and,...
Hi Eileen thanks for the welcome. I only wish people in the US could have the benefit of ouessants truly they are fun sheep! I have a question ( the first of...
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