[Jacob-list] Black leg or?

[Grose]

The Holstein people consider it to be an atypical marking if the black
encircles the leg and touches the hoof. The first lamb was definitely not a
black leg because the black marking is disconnected from the black on the
body. It really comes down to how much is too much. We wind up dealing with
probabilities instead of possibilities in regards to what we consider to be
"really Jacob". We hit the limit of what is desirable before we hit what is
possible, such as the later lamb. I guess I would have to define a black leg
as displaying black extremity rather than white extremity.

Neal Grose

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda" <wolfpen at rabun.net>
To: "jacoblist" <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 2:51 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Black leg or?


On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 13:49:23 -0500, Betty Berlenbach wrote:
>Well, it sure isn't a black leg!   Perhaps not a knee patch
>either...how
>about large black leg mark?  (It does get silly after a while,
>doesn't it?
>My impression is that a black leg is just that: an entire black leg.
>Yours
>appears more white than black, if just only a smidge. Betty


I kinda like the term smidge :-)  I'll save that for a lamb name.
Here's a harder one -  this ram was culled, by the way.

http://www.rabun.net/~wolfpen/leg.jpg

I appreciate the input.  It's great to get other opinions.  Besides that,
it's
raining and I'm bored!

Linda
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