[Jacob-list] White lamb

[Dan Carpenter]

It's virtually impossible to totally eliminate recessive alleles from a gene
pool (witness red in Holsteins).  I'd be surprised if there WEREN'T some
white genetics floating around in the Jacob gene pool--even had there never
been any crossbreeding.  Not bringing in any outside blood would increase
the probabilities of such rare recessives.

I suspect that there could be other explanations also.

-Dan

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Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 8:15 PM
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Subject: [Jacob-list] White lamb

Had a very strange birth here this morning. Single lamb born dead.
Fully formed, but eyelids still fused shut. The strange part is the
color...Snow White. Not a black mark anywhere, not even on the skin. I
opened one eye, blue, so NOT an albino.

All the lambs forebears go back to my orriginal starter flock from Swallow
Lane. No outside rams.

I've never even heard of a white jacob before. Any ideas anyone?

Tim Koenig
Applegarth Farm