[Jacob-list] The Eyes Have it!

[Dave & Katrina]

Oh, I should add, the ones here with marbled eyes have always stablized
after teenagerhood.  They keep the same color into adulthood.  Katrina


> [Original Message]
> From: <ranchrat at telusplanet.net>
> To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
 > Date: 5/28/03 8:02:57 PM
> Subject: [Jacob-list] The Eyes Have it!
>
> Heel low:
> 
> Questions about eye color (iris).
> 
> Jacobs may have amber, blue (sky blue), and marbled (amber & blue) iris
color.  
> Lilacs may have a different kind of iris hue, sorta an amber with a grey 
> overtone.
> 
> I believe Jacobs may have one amber iris and one marbled (or blue) iris. 
Has 
> anyone ever seen a Jacob with a sky blue eye and a marbled eye?  What are
some 
> of the unique eye coloration combinations you have seen on one Jacob?
> 
> In canines and equines, blue eyes (wall eyes) often have people thinking
the 
> animal is deaf.  Light colored eyes (sky blue eyes or even amber or
yellow 
> irises) have some having fits that the animal is going to "sunburn" their
eyes 
> (a feeling I do not share) so they attempt to breed for the darkest
irises 
> possible (black being the apparent objective).  ACDogs usually have dark
brown 
> eyes, yellow eyes are a disqualification in the Canadian Standard, and I
have 
> seen blue eyed ACDogs (quite rare but may be quite unsettling like the
yellow 
> eyes because they appear to stare right through you!).  Jacobs appear to
have 
> variations of iris color with no ill linked affects as in deafness or
sunburnt 
> eyes (if such a condition actually exists??).
> 
> What is the feeling about the inheritance of iris coloration?  In some
cases, I 
> have seen marbled eyes appear out of nowhere (phenotype did not tattle
tale).  
> I have seen marbled eyed dams have twin marbled eyed ewes from an amber
eyed 
> sire and a ewe & ram with no marbled eyes have a marbled eyed lamb.  Does 
> anyone know if this condition is a simple dominant/recessive or??  I have
yet 
> to see "sky blue" Jacob eyes up close and would appreciate it if someone
where 
> to post me a jpg or put one up for the list to see.
> 
> I believe it is possible to have a lilac Jacob with sky blue eyes...what
about 
> marbled eyes and does the lilac iris coloration always seem to have a
grey 
> overtone even in the sky blue or marbled condition?
> 
> I think all lambs (people included except maybe true albinos) are born
with 
> bluish eyes that color up.  How long to reveal their adult iris
coloration 
> (amber, marble, blue).  Anyone note the subtle fading of iris color over
time 
> in their Jacobs?
> 
> I believe marbled eyes continue to change over time...do you find the
amber 
> encroaching the blue/black or vice versa or both?  Does anyone have a
marbled 
> eyed Jacob that has remained stable and not had their iris color change?
> 
> Doggone eyes are windows to the soul, 
> 
> Tara 
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