[Jacob-list] Brown

[BIDEWEE at aol.com]

Hi Dan.
We have quite a few lambs this year that are very brown.  They don't  look 
like a typical lilac but when standing next to a black they're definitely  
not black.  
 
Our ram bideawee Tucker is very brown.  We bred him to our lone  lilac ewe 
this year but the resulting lambs are not lilac.  You can  see Tucker at 
_www.bideaweefarm.com/tucker.htm_ (http://www.bideaweefarm.com/tucker.htm) .   
He's not for sale but his half brother from this year's lamb  crop is also 
quite brown and is for sale.  They have the same  dam, bideawee Mavis, who 
also has a very brown cast to her wool. You can  see the ram lamb at 
_http://www.bideaweefarm.com/brawley.htm_ (http://www.bideaweefarm.com/brawley.htm) . 
 If  he (or any of the other lambs) is of interest I'd be happy to get  
next to the skin photos for you.  There's also a good likelihood we'd  be able 
to deliver sheep to you.  You can see the rest of our lambs at 
_www.bideaweefarm.com/2010JacobLambs.htm_ 
(http://www.bideaweefarm.com/2010JacobLambs.htm) .

BTW, we also raise Navajo-Churro sheep, which come in black, brown and  
lots of other colors.  If you were to line 10 black Churros up in a  row you'd 
see almost that many different shades shades of black, ranging  from 
blue-ish black to brown-ish black.  Is it possible that the same thing  is 
happening with the dark brown Jacobs?  
 
One other thing we find is that with our brown  Jacobs often have a softer 
hand/feel to their wool then  the dark black Jacobs so I wonder if that 
could also be  a factor??
 
Karen Lobb
bide a wee farm
Newberg, OR
 
 
 
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Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 12:42:51 -0400
From: "Dan Carpenter"  <Hobsickle at aol.com>
Subject: [Jacob-list] Brown
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I'm interested in a BROWN ram.  I've heard  about brown Jacobs, but I've
never seen one that is distinctly brown all  the way to the skin.  Anyone
have such a critter that they'd be  willing to part with?  (I'd even be
interested in seeing pictures if  you weren't willing to part with it.)  Of
course, then there would be  the transportation issue.

Dan  



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