[Jacob-list] personality

[Linda]

Yes! These sheep are fun and I find their personalities to be a big part of that enjoyment.  Just because I'm also interested in the standards and certain qualities doesn't mean that I don't enjoy each sheep as an individual.  They are quite opinionated individuals, with distinct personalities and voices.  It's funny how you get to recognize sheep "speech".  I always could recognize RubyBelle's voice - until I bought her 1/2 sister, Praline, who has an identical voice.  Maybe an Iowan accent?  I can always hear when a sheep is stuck in the fence - it's a different call.
 
Does anyone still have the Anita Evangilista (sp?) article on why I have Jacobs?  I lost my copy in a computer crash a few months ago.  It should be in the archives somewhere.  It's something to read every so often.
 
On the topic of personality.  I have often seen a lamb from a very friendly ewe to be very skittish while the twin was very friendly.  For example, I have a ewe, Sissy, who's dam, Sophia,  was a serious in your face girl.  Her twins, Roxanne and Sissy, were as different as night and day re: personality.  Roxanne was born wanting to be petted.  Sissy was a spooky girl and still is.  Sissy's first lamb, Nina, born this year, is the friendliest lamb I have - and that includes the bottle baby.  Shamrock was a bottle baby quadruplet - she's friendly to the point of being pushy.  Her lamb wants nothing to do with people.  
 
Linda
 

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On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 08:41:10 -0400, Gillian Fuqua wrote:
>
> I finally grew up and got a ram of my own.  I got a Blue Faced
> Leicester ram to keep him company (he will go service my
> girlfriend's flock).  The BFL boy is lovely, beautiful fleece with
> almost no britch wool and I am looking forward to having an all
> white fleece to play with.  But, he doesn't look much different
> from any other BFL I have seen and he lacks the gleam in the eye
> that my Jacobs have.  My Jacobs totally check me out and are very
> curious.  I don't look at my BFL boy and wonder what he is
> thinking.  I do look at my Jacob boy and wonder what he is thinking!
>   So regardless of what we all think about breed standard, what we
> like to see in our flocks, blah blah, let's keep our sheep fun.
>
> Gillian
>
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