[Jacob-list] trip with Patrice

[Linda]

I spent last Saturday at Patrice's helping her worm.  I'd already been over 
to see Edd's sheep, but this trip I got to check them out alot 
closer.  There are some very lovely ewes in the bunch - strong, but still 
feminine horns, and very primitive, deerlike builds.  Edd, you may say 
these are what Jacobs looked like before
>" before perfect spotting, wool, horn type, etc became SO
>IMPORTANT to so many people."

But alot of these ewes would certainly not be out of place in any 
flock.  Patrice will work hard to keep the line going -  I'm happy to have 
these sheep, if not in my backyard, at least in my neighbor's backyard!

I'll have to add a note here on agressive rams.  The two rams that we have 
around here from Edd's are both the mildest mannered rams imaginable.  I'm 
not a timid person, but I do have reservations about backing a ram into a 
corner and then reaching for him.  Zeppo (our purchase from last year) just 
kinda looks at you while you catch him.  The new guy looked alittle 
nervous, but never made an agressive move.  AND - both rams were at that 
time with the ewes and had in fact bred as we were getting the worming pens 
ready.

Linda









At 09:34 PM 8/31/00 -0400, Edd Bissell wrote

> >I think there were 25 in all - about 6 ewes that were as nice as I have
>ever had - and some really nice ewe lambs.  They only stipulation I made to
>Patrice was that she had to go to Vivian  Moran's in Frankfort, Ky and add
>at least 2 or 3 more ewes - then she should have the best of the best in my
>opinion.  Someone has to keep this more primitive, non-commercial type of
>Jacobs going and I really have a lot of faith in her decision to do so. You
>have to get by the perfect looks and realise that these are how they were 20
>plus years ago before perfect spotting, wool, horn type, etc became SO
>IMPORTANT to so many people.
>  Now I want Luther to find her a nice old type
>ram to go with the one she got from me.  If any of you live in North Ga go
>by and see what she ended up with.
> >