[Jacob-list] more sheep ?

[B&B Peters]

Hi everyone,

I have more questions in relationship to Jacob sheep.

The first is about horns.  We have stranded electric fencing, the NZ high
tension kind.  Does anyone know if electricity goes through horns or not, or
do the horns insulate them from getting shocked?  Was wondering if a horned
sheep would use his horns to push through the electric fence and then if
shocked would they get tangled in the wires trying to get out?  That could
be a real mess,...I think.  Another is how fragile are four horned horns?
We used to have Scottish blackface sheep and we could use their horns for
handles when moving them about.  Can you do the same with four horned sheep?
I have also heard that four horned sheep are more careful with their horns
and don't go bashing them about like a two horned  sheep/ram.  Is this true?
Do you folks find any difference between the personalities of 2 horned and 4
horned rams?

Next questions are related to color.  Some people have written that Jacob
come in black and white, brown and white, and lilac and white.  Other people
only mention lilac/white and black/white.  Are there really the three
colors, or are the brown one just faded blacks?
Then I was wondering about the genetics of the lilac colors.  In rabbits
which also have a gray color called "Lilac" the genes are Bb Bb, and Dd Dd,
or a dilute chocolate gene.  Is this true of the genetic makeup of Lilac
Jacobs?  If not then what is the makeup?

Hope some of you can help me?
Barbara