Hi, is it possible to determine colour genotype in some white sheep from the nose leather colour? known Awt Aa with the potential to be either BBBB BBBb or...
Hi Renee, I've discovered in my white Shetlands (Awt/Aa) the following: Brown nose leather/eye rims = Bb/Bb Mottled black/brown nose leather/eye rims = BB/Bb ...
Shetland/Finn/Dorset crosses seem to follow the same pattern. I have a white AwtAa with a black nose and black ear spots and she has thrown white or black or...
Well! Our ubiquitous, charming and colorful big lamb Holly was shorn today. She is a medium blue gray and tan. The creamy tips of her body wool don't go down...
Hi Penny did you keep a sample of the fleece? Renée ... From: Penny Ford To: sheep-color-genetics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 11:19 PM ...
We have all the fleece. I tried to scan it, but the color did not come out accurately. We don't have a digital camera right now but I am going to take some 35...
Good morning, It all starts in two days, on Friday, October 17, at the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival, Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, where the Romney...
I will be teaching a class next month on sheep breeds and their wool for an SCA event with a focus on the Northern Short-tail breeds. I have samples of Finn...
I have been lusting after these sheep for 5 years. They are similar in size and appearance to Shetlands but both male and females have corkscrew horns. The...
Hi Kathy. Just to clarify - Super Sire Ltd is located in Oregon. Sherry Carlson Loma Rica CA www.WensleydaleSheep.com I am in Tennessee. Heritage Genetics is...
Actually, Martin Daily of SuperSires lives in Oregon, so if there is interest out here his travel fee is more reasonable. Can you provide some links for those...
OK, Oregon then. I thought it was Texas at first and someone told me it was Wisconsin but it is Oregon. Here are some links to pictures of Racka sheep: ...
They look like they have had a horrible fright that made their horns stick straight up ala cartoon hair! I bet they are difficult to shear with those horns...
I would be interested in obtaining a racka or part racka sheep, or possibly ai, I am in southwestern colorado. I possibly could travel to do the ai. I have...
Our little ram lamb Holly has turned out to be gray and tan we feel sure. We are looking into purchasing a ram lamb in the spring and are wondering what...
I copied the link from this site http://www.navajo-churrosheep.com/sheep-colors.html no doubt you have seen it whatever grey and tan is its fairly rare...
Of course Holly is a ewe lamb, not a ram lamb -- though the prospective ram lamb is the subject of the email. Penny ... From: Penny Ford To: sheep-color-...
Well, it seems certain that the ram we have is a treasure trove of color. I would be afraid to breed back, though. I didn't get pix the first day because the...
Hi Penny, I've gotten Black & Tans and Brown & Tans from using a Blk&T ram on Gray/Tan ewes. That is a ewe with tan wool and gray points. Not to be confused...
Another Grey and Tan if you feel that is what she is. Or a recessive black. A recessive black should not be able to give black unless Holly as Aa along with...
This is a post I got from Maureen Koch on another sheep group: <koch_maureen@...> I"m also interested in Rackas. I used 2 straws of the Racka semen ...
If you have a grey and tan, that is Abt/Ag (or A+/Ag, if Abt and A+ are the same), the natural thing to do to get a high percentage of offspring with Abt/Ag...
Harry is a well behaved Registered Shetland ram, Its time to move on to another ram, Photos r in the Wisteriousways album, in the photo section. Harry has good...
You could also have an Abt/Aa sheep that carries two copies of the modifier, or you could have an Abt/Ab (badgerface). That will also give you a grey and tan. ...
I'm assured by one who knows that Holly is black and tan, not gray and tan.She does look gray to me. We are buying a black and tan ewe for the spring breeding...
Hi sheep-color-genetics, I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it....
What 'color' genetics is behind the white sheep breeds, like Targee, Dorset, Columbia, etc? Are these white sheep with pink skins Awt and E+? I thought that...
Hi Letty Dr. Sponenberg has an excellent summary of sheep coloration in the book : The Genetics of Sheep, Piper & Ruvinsky. In his article, he states that...
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