I finally remembered to pick up my photos of the shearing. I've put up pictures of the two lambs I was asking about before, Holly and BobCat. She continues to...
Hi Penny Your ewe is definitely a combination pattern, which I have been calling a "badger/B&Tan". I have produced many of these and find them exciting as...
Hi Ingrid, Thanks for your help with this. The red eye pattern info helped me to find some things. I found this related to agouti: "Allele comments The eye...
I had a goat with the ram's coloring. That is a reverse badger. In the badger the belly and face markings and legs are dark and the body is light(tan or...
I agree with Connie and Ingrid. Holly is a Blk&Tan/Badgerface. They are very pretty. Sometimes I think I have a Badgerface born, and then later realize that...
Should we look back at the genetics of these Black and Tan with eye patch or red eye sheep to see if there is a specific family or group of families involved? ...
Has anyone here looked into the color genetics of the Gulf Coast Sheep landrace? There used to be a small percent of colored including some odd looking...
Dear Laurie, Thanks for this great intro to the Gulf Coast Sheep. Because my son lives in New Orleans and we are not THAT far from Louisiana, I am very...
It might be helpful. My line is pretty old. They came from Ingrid's stock in the early 1980's. Then picked up a couple of NSP ewes. All the sheep were black....
I do not know the Gulf Coast Sheep, but the N-C where also crossed with Merino and several other breeds to "improve" them. My lambs that throw back to some of...
Hi is anyone able to help me by PM with a novice brown sheep colour question I am seeing a colour variation and just wondered if this is infact part of the...
... In Icelandic sheep, this is a very common phenomenon. It is referred to as phaeomelanin staining, or simply phaeo. The red-brown tinge is just another...
As for more about good reasons to get Gulf Coast sheep, after doing my homework, I could choose no other breed. I want sheep and am moving to Florida this year...
Is N-C Navajo-Churro? Do any of them have fine fleece? Only N-C fleeces I have felt seemed like outerwear and blanket fiber. What coarseness or fineness is...
Yes, N-C is Navajo-Churro. They are double-coated. I'll post more information on that later -- rushing now. But I wanted to say that I recently read an article...
Laurie, Again, very informative! I am interested to know how issues of genetic diversity and conservation are dealt with in a closed flock. I don't know if...
... conservation are dealt with in a closed flock. I don't know if you've seen this piece on genetic diversity among the N-C sheep< Hi Penny, Dr. Sponenberg...
I posted a LOT of photos of colored Gulf Coast sheep tonight including the lambs I saw yesterday (several of which I bought and paid for). Other photos were...
In a message dated 5/4/08 6:50:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Yes, I am using N-C for Navajo-Churro. If your sheep are more like Merino than N-C, then I...
Penny, I have had some lambs with entropia. I suppose everyone's flock is somewhat different depending on what traits are bred for and culled out. I do note ...
Hi, I didn't have much of a chance to make a decision about this. The vet came over for something else when this lamb was two days old and I showed her the...
Hi, couple of pics of brown lambs same sire and mother and daughter ewe. first is head shot of what appears to be lighter ticking around the eyes in comparison...
I'm in Blacksburg, Va, not Pittsboro, NC, even though I do lots of work for ALBC. The Gulf Coast sheep are interesting. The ones I have seen are usually white,...
Since my first problem with split eye lids, I check every lamb at birth for the split lids. Therefore I see the entropic eye lids if they are there. I note...
She injected it into the upper and lower lids of the eye. Actually, I think it overscarred because the lower lid bulges out a bit now. I am sure this is what...
Connie Taylor has done a lot of micron testing of the Navajo-Churro fleeces. Perhaps she could share some of her results. She told me that the undercoat of...
Hi Ingrid, Thanks for the information regarding the fleece. I appreciate the micron info, if nothing else to pass on to interested parties. In our case we have...
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