[Jacob-list] lilacs

[Mary Ellen Hansson]

Mary,
 
Are your beige lilacs BORN with beige spotting or do they fade out to
beige as the fleece lengthens?
 
I have seen deep brown that can be anywhere from a warm "hershey
chocolate" with the more golden tones in it to the more drab greyed
brown (NOT GRAY AT ALL THOUGH).  I have also seen the lambs born with
the gray coloring that is pretty dark.  Lambs have these colors that do
seem to vary a tad on their bodies when born and also with growth.

Mary Ellen Hansson

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Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:26 PM
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Subject: [Jacob-list] lilacs


I believe that it is a dangerous generalization to say that a lilac
"Jacob" is proof of its purity.  We have various shades of "lilac" in
our Jacob x Horned Dorset sheep.  The most common shade that I have seen
in our crosses is the beige or taupe shade.  Some of the crosses appear
to have black spotting when lambs, and later on fade to lilac.  Anyone
purchasing lambs at auction and relying on the lilac shade to denote
purity is taking a big risk.
It would be helpful for an "official" distinction to be made among the
various recessive colors.  Lilac does not accurately describe the
chocolate or beige spotting.  I would like to see our application for
registration have chocolate and beige added to the black and lilac
categories, then the number of recessive colored sheep recorded, as well
as the number of blue eyed sheep.
 
Mary Spahr
 
Mary Spahr

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