[Jacob-list] Babies!!

[Robert May]

SEE...JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THE JACOB BREED HAS A
LITTLE "SOMETHING" FOR EVERYONE.  YOU KNOW, SO MANY
SHEEP BREEDS ARE "COOKIE CUTTER" SHEEP...THEY ALL LOOK
ALIKE.  WITH OUR JACOBS AND THEIR DISTINCT SPOTTING
PATTERNS, HORN SETS, ETC. IT'S PRETTY EASY TO
RECOGNIZE ONE FROM ANOTHER.

SPEAKING OF JACOBS...WE HAD ANOTHER TWO SETS OF TWINS
BORN, EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN EWES AND RAMS.  ONE OF THE
TWINS (A EWE) WAS INCREDIBLY TINY AND HAS SOME
RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AND I DON'T EXPECT THAT SHE'LL
MAKE IT.  (SHE'S IN A BOX NEXT TO MY DESK HERE AT
WORK)...STILL SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE
NIGHT.  WHEN I WENT OUT TO CHECK ON HER AT 2 AM THIS
MORNING, I WAS SURPRISED THAT SHE WAS HANGING IN
THERE.

REST OF THE 29 LAMBS ARE DOING WELL AND ARE UP TO
THEIR "SHEEP ANTICS"...YOU KNOW, LAMBS RUNNING AROUND
THE BARN AND JUMPING ON ALL FOURS....TYPICAL LAMB
STUFF!

REGARDS,
BOB 
--- Linda <patchworkfibers at alltel.net> wrote:

> That sounds like my favorite "style" too - with a
> good deep black.  But, I do love how different they
> all are (and spinning that lovely lilac fiber!). 
> Funny that I never really liked the idea of blue
> eyes until I got a few Jacobs with blue eyes and now
> I think they are so beautifully striking that I
> can't imagine not having a few blue eyed.
> 
> Linda
> www.patchworkfibers.com
> Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun
> Yarn
> 
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:43:01 -0800 (PST), Robert May
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I'M PARTIAL TO THE "TRADITIONAL-LOOKING" JACOB,
> WITH NICE BLACK
> > FACIAL MARKINGS AND ABOUT 25-30% SPOTTING. BUT,
> JUST LIKE OUR
> > JACOBS, I REALIZE THAT WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT
> (FORTUNATELY) AND OUR
> > INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES FOR THE "IDEAL" JACOB ARE
> EQUALLY AS VARIED.
> 
> 
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