Dear list, I attempted a search to find an answer, but it didn't work. Please apologize if this has already been asked and answered. I know this is a list for...
It's my understanding that if you get white lambs from two colored parents, one black and one grey patterned black and you get white lambs from that union...
Barbara writes: <<It's my understanding that if you get white lambs from two colored parents, one black and one grey patterned black and you get white lambs...
There are churro breeders here on the list who can answer this, but I can tell you something from our limited experience. We had no white sheep except our ram...
Hi Holly, thanks so much for your answer; that helps me a whole bunch. I did not understand completely how that dominant black worked. I think we can...
Renee writes: <<I'm thinking specifically of a sheep that was AWtAWt and ED or perhaps AaAa and ED being responsible for perhaps fading or non-fading ...
My question was prompted by a friend whose coloured Wensleydale ( black) crossed with a gotland ram produced a white lamb; for me there are two possible...
This would be an interesting observation to begin in larger flocks. I wonder if N-C or other breeders have kept anecdotal records of the fading in certain...
I have found that in my flock of Shetland/Finn/Dorset mixes that the inheritance of horns follows closely to that of baldness in humans. I have been promising...
I have heard of but never seen the color in the Shetland breed of sheep called dark brown....or dark chocolate. I know wonder if maybe I have one of those....
I suspect the answer to this will be "wait and see." Sounds lovely, I hope you enjoy the changing of the fleece over the years. Ewe or ram lamb? Penny ... ...
Hi Barbara: How old is the lamb? From your description, I expect it could be a dark brown. The ones I have had do not have the red eye rims though. More like...
Linda writes: <<From my test breeding, the dark browns that I have are BBBb and also have one copy of Mm, the gene that we speculate modifies brown or black t...
Hi Holly and all: Well, I have done the test breeding to show that these sheep are BBBb. The colour is not a result of sunbleaching as it goes to the roots so...
The photo albums from that study are available from the NASSA Library I believe. Not sure if they are available to any current NASSA member, or if they are...
We have this color in the Navajo Churro breed: "Dark Brown - Dark brown birth coat nearly black. Similar birth coat to darkest color of Brown which looks...
... I appreciate the answers from everyone. I went looking at pictures of dark brown lambs/sheep on the internet and from the pictures they all appear to...
Holly wrote "And that just goes to show the limitations of words on a list :) There's no way a BB/Bb can ever be brown. What it *could* be is a black that ...
Barbara writes: <<Holly, are you saying that the dark browns get much lighter with age? >> Mine have, just as in the first colored congress book I got--the 84...
Anyone read JJ Lauvergnes study into Polwarth sheep? he commented on but didn't include in his conclusion some black headed brown woolled sheep that were...
Check out the ram lamb called Abram I had last year in the Fair Hill Album. He was black with a lot of frosting on his head. By the time he was 6 months old he...
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http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd278/SperedBreizh/Photo103.jpg Happy Lambing! Renée -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6...
Renee -- Is this one of your new babies? Except for the long tail, this one looks like it could be an Icelandic. I don't know much about the Ouessants --...
Hi Catherine yes very much so, ouessants are one of the more primitive breeds and I confess it is one of my newest babies :-). I hesitate to ask but seeing as...
Renee -- We do get phaeo staining quite often (I don't know about the other breeders, but I do believe it's common with Icelandics.) I must confess to...
Hi Catherine interesting photos. and nice ram lambs! what pattern would you call Cooney 2? I don't suppose you have a photo of him in his birth coat? or one of...
Introduction: My name is Corrine Davis and I am a veterinary pathologist. My husband and I live in north-central Oregon (near Maupin) and we are starting a...
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