[Jacob-list] Brown

[Dan Carpenter]

I'm interested to read your comment about black Churros.  I think the same
thing IS possible with Jacobs and that a lot of what gets called brown is
really just not as intense (dark?) of black.  I also agree that it is
possible that wool properties other than color itself may affect the
apparent color.

 

-Dan

 

From: BIDEWEE at aol.com [mailto:BIDEWEE at aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:17 PM
To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com; Hobsickle at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Brown

 

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.  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.  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.


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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