[Jacob-list] can of worms

[Hobsickle at aol.com]

My ewes won't breed until mid-September making mid February to  March babies. 
 Another breeder I know of here in Michigan puts their  breeding groups 
together in early August and has mostly late December to January  babies.  Am I 
concluding that this other breeder's sheep are  "crossbred" based on breeding 
date?  Not at all--many other factors could  explain the difference.  (It just 
got me thinking, so I asked the  question.)
 
Is their a hidden message in "'pure" Jacob (whatever that  is)?"  Not really. 
 It's only an admittion that we probably can't  agree on what a "pure" Jacob 
is.  In fact, I'm not sure that we could all  agree on what exactly "pure" and 
"crossbred" mean.  (But we all likely  think our idea is the right one--maybe 
that's the hidden  message.)
 
-Dan
 
 
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