[Jacob-list] Question about Lilacs?????

[Linda]

I've had a few lilacs born here. Not many, so I'm not very knowledgeable about them. 
Until this year, my lilacs have been quite obvious at birth - head to toe, as you 
say - obvious leg patches, facial markings, and body spots.  Mine were a definite 
brown/chocolate rather than blue/gray.  This year, I have a lilac ram lamb that 
looked black at birth, except for blue/gray eye patches.  A few days later, the body 
spots are a deep blue.  He doesn't have any leg markings.

The two adult lilac ewes here are chocolate all over - face, legs, spots.

Seems like all lilacs are lumped together to include anything that is "not black.  
Obviously, all lilacs are not the same color.  I hope some of you can shed some 
light on this - I'm also interested.  Dan? Neal? You both have lilacs - what do you 
see on your lambs?

Linda

On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:56:40 -0500, Cathy Robinson wrote:
>Experience with lilac colored sheep in our flock has been very limited. Thanks
>to "bideawee Dane" we now have our first lilac lambs.  What a surprise, as I
>really did not expect any until next year!!
>
>We have a lovely lilac ewe lamb born this morning that clearly has lilac
>(blue/gray) markings from head to toe.  My question concerns a ram lamb born
>Friday morning....his facial markings are the same blue/gray shade as the lamb
>born this morning, but his body spots sure look black to me. Can anyone tell
>me what is going on with him?  .I hope to let him and his mom and sister out
>today and will try to get a photo at that time. If anyone would like to see
>him, I will be happy to let you see this uniquely colored little guy.
>
>Most of our girls are done here with the exception of only a few more to
>go...including Swallow Lane Tara and Huntsberger Isla....both of which were
>brilliantly white at shearing yesterday!  Beautiful girls!!
>
>Cathy Perfect Spot Farm .....where the north wind is blowing and the sheep are
>naked today!
>
>
>
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