[Jacob-list] Lilac Striping/Brindling & Eye Halo Defined?

[Linda Bjarkman]

If no one posts an eye ring photo, I'll get one up tomorrow.  Ain't digital cameras 
great!!

Linda

On Mon, 12 May 2003 16:19:18 -0700, ranchrat at telusplanet.net wrote:
>Heel low:
>
>Thank you for all the discussion...I am sure I will need lots of time to
>digest all this before I get to spit any more out!  I do however have a new
>observation--post shearing.
>
>BRINDLING Due to spring finally making an appearance melting snow and warming
>up innards...I sheared Haley "short" coat.  I have observed something I am not
> sure others have mentioned yet.  Haley is lilac--lilac color version "pewter"
> like Neal's 12 year old ewe pictured on the link provided kindly by Linda
>(http://www.patchworkfibers.com/lilacs.html).
>
>Haley is heavily body patched, she does not have much in the way of "white"
>areas on her body (but as someone mentioned in regards to the darker Jacob
>ewes, she threw almost perfect 60W/40B lilac factor ewes).  Her grey is
>pewter, but now that she is shaved, I note that there are small areas of
>darker coloration.  She has darker extemities; knees, hocks, pasterns/hooves,
>horns, eye & nose patching.  No, not really black, but a deeper darker grey.
>The markings I am now able to see sans fiber are narrow bands of color,
>pointed at the ends and she has one darker than all the others on one haunch.
>I would liken these markings to mini-zebra stripes for lack of a correct term.
>They do not really zig zag, more like brindling maybe?  Oh heck, did I get the
> customized pinstripped Jacob model then?
>
>Haley's stripes are very cool and I am sure Haley is completely unaware of her
> new found "stare at her" even more calling cards...if burning holes into
>sheep with my eyes happened...she'd be "smokin'" by now!  ;-)
>
>Has anyone else noted what I am seeing; brindling in lilacs?  How about in the
> black & whites?  I *think* I know what freckling is and this does not appear
>to be the same "shape" as freckling!
>
>EYE HALO Would someone post here what "eye halo" is exactly?  Fred refers to
>this as others have "the lilac body (and eye halo)" and I would be assuming
>only that this is a reference to the lighter/grey toned iris coloration we may
>see in some lilacs (halo meaning "ring around the eye" not a reference to
>angelic properties?).  Is this a correct assumption that this is iris color or
>is this something else?  I am sorry to be newbie here (chanting of "NOOBY-
>-NOOBY" may now cease!)...I need education in correct Jacob terminology
>please!
>
>Doggone,
>
>Tara Haley-"Make her STOP!  It's unnerving how she stares at me...makes me
>wonder if I have food stuck in my teeth or sumthun!"


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