[Jacob-list] can of worms

[Sharon Hill]

I will have a little experiment on that issue this
year.  My ram got in with the ewes for a week in July.
 Maybe we will have lambs for Christmas?  We shall
see.


Sharon Hill
--- CARL FOSBRINK <carlfosbrink at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dan,
>    
>      The time that Jacobs start breeding would vary
> some according to location, but here in southern
> Indiana our older ewes breed in August to September
> and young ewes, if left with the ram, will not breed
> until much later.
>      This is the norm, but of course odd things
> happen from time to time. Maybe it is El Nino or
> something. We have raised Jacobs for several years
> and one year, ONLY ONCE, we had three ewes that
> lambed in January and lambed again in July. Neither
> they or any of the others have ever done so before
> or since. 
>      I sense a hidden message in your statement
> about " true Jacobs, whatever that is." Would you
> care share those thoughts?
>    
>   Carl @ 4Horn Farm's Jacob Sheep
>   
> 
> Hobsickle at aol.com wrote:
>       Jacobs are supposed to breed seasonally.  What
> is the earliest that a "pure" Jacob (whatever that
> is) will come into heat?  How early of heats should
> be considered to indicate "crossbred" stock?
>    
>   -Dan
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