[Jacob-list] Jacob lilac question

[Edd Bissell]

>Where does the word "lilac" come from>???  It seems that lilac is all 
>inclusive = i.e. anything that is not black.  I had a Jacob born years ago 
>that had Barbado colored legs = and at that particular time a BBD/Jacob 
>cross was impossible.  Luther and I decided to cull it = well, too bad now 
>that we did it. I have had every possible color varient from brown to a 
>purple look.


The Evan Meyes flock was I guess a true strong gene for what ever color you 
would call it = ALL offspring were the same color and from eye patches to 
leg color.  His son told Luther that his father went outside for a ram one 
time and the B/Ws showed up - so thinking that this was the wrong color he 
got rid of the ram, all of it's offspring, and went back to his original 
colors.  Closed his flock again.


Edd Bissell
New Market, Tn.
www.eddbissell.com