[Jacob-list] To keep or not to keep - my little Jacob sheep

[Linda]

That's interesting. I have/had very few sheep that don't sunbleach and 
really very few that hold their color well and fleece is one thing I 
select for (not the only thing, of course). I have owned few deep black, 
non sunbleaching, non fading, non graying, sheep with finer fleeces.

For the last two years, I've purchased fleeces from Gary and Dianne 
Anderson in Michigan. The Hillside flock has sheep with deep black, 
unsunbleached, soft fleeces. I don't know if that has to do with the 
fact that we get more sun here in the south or the fact that the 
Hillside flock is from lines across the country from our southern sheep. 
I haven't seen the same color retention, non sunbleaching, fine fleeces 
in sheep I've purchased from other northern flocks.

I'd be interested in hearing more on this topic from breeders in 
different parts of the country.

Linda

ROY NEAL GROSE wrote:

> One consideration that you might want to look at is the fineness of the

> wool. In our experience, in our flock, the finer wools are the ones that

> became brown when exposed to sunlight. This makes some sense...the sun

> would discolor the fiber a few mirons deep, and those thicker fibers

> would not show evidence of this as readily.

>

> Neal Grose

>

>   


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