[Jacob-list] primitive

[Linda]

Thanks Edd,
It's interesting to get another perspective.  I was looking at the top ewe with 
her long legs and thinking "primitive."  I was perhaps mistaking "refined" (as 
in dainty, ladylike, deerlike?) with primitive.  But I think I see what you are 
saying in your post.
PS - The ewe in the lower picture actually has the much finer, more even 
fleece, but that's hard to show in a picture.
Linda

On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 11:11:19 -0400, Edd Bissell wrote:
will take the plunge first - Gut feeling and from
>what I saw in Jacobs when I first started into them.  My choice
>would be the lower picture for the more primitive look.......for
>several reasons and this to me is hard to do from a picture. The
>nose on the top ewe looks wide - also the horns are not what my
>original ewes looked like - very nice but more rounded.  The lower
>ewes horns look more flat.  Also the spotting on body and legs.  My
>very first Jacobs had lots and lots of small spots =- and were very
>likely to have more black on their legs - more big patches of dark
>coloration that the knee, feet, etc spots.  Also the wool looks
>rough on the lower ewe - and my first Jacobs did not have nice wool -
> shorter, more uneven, and did have hair in the back parts.  The
>horns on both ewes are much, much nicer that anything that I
>originally had - and my first sheep were extremely small in
>comparison to todays Jacobs. Also my first Jacobs had small eye
>patches, nose patches, and most of the time slipped eye patches down
>on the cheeks - not the dark on each side of the face that envelopes
>the eyes and usually down the face - with the white extending down
>the nose.  So my "primitive" traits would first come into my mind as
>much in the "look" of the color and wool as much as it would the
>size.  The nicest overall Jacob in my first 4-5 years was one that
>looked much like the top ewe but was soooooooooo leggy - she and her
>mother came out of Indiana. Also off season breeding/birthing was
>the norm with my first Jacobs - they had a ram running with them at
>all times so lambs came year around.  I know that seasonal breeding
>was supposed to the a Jacob trait but no here on this farm.  
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>Edd Bissell
>New Market, Tn.
>www.eddbissell.com      
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