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[Sugar Hill Farm]

Hi all,
We don't shear the sheep early here and most shed to some degree.  One ram
in particular seems to start shedding earlier than anyone else.  Mine
usually start at the belly and then the neck and up around the head.  Down
the spine is another area they start loosing it.  I don't think it has to do
with nutritian, I tend to think it is the primitive nature.

Marcia
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Sugar Hill Farm, Heritage Livestock
Jacob & Shetland Sheep, Wool Products,
American Bashkir Curly Horses,
Appaloosa Horses, Delaware Chickens,
Handmade Soaps, Pet Treats
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From: <stonecroft235 at juno.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:56 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] (no subject)


> Is shedding definitely proven to be a "primitive" trait or is it more
> related to nutrition or lack thereof?  If a shedding, primitive sheep
> living in a primitive setting, fending for itself, is removed from that
> environment, parasites treated, and fed a diet containing more
> protein---would it still shed?  There are Jacob breeders with sheep who
> shed - and breeders with sheep who have never shed -- is that condition
> related just to genetics OR is nutrition a factor -- or is it both?  Or
> don't we know?
> Sue Martin
> Stonecroft
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