[Jacob-list] New Booklet "Guide to Selection of Jacob BreedingStock"

[Neal Grose]

Oh yeah. And if you really want to see some fun colored genetics, mix them with a little Suffolk, like ol’ Mildred was. beautiful silver/tan fleece with white markings on her head. A friend took her Jacob ewe lamb and crossed her to the legendary John Henry, our silver Cotswold –Finn ram, and sold fleeces from THAT cross for $15 a lb. It looked like long silver kid mohair.

Neal

From: Linda 
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 9:03 AM
To: Neal Grose 
Cc: Heather Hettick ; jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] New Booklet "Guide to Selection of Jacob BreedingStock"

Corriedales can carry the piebald gene, can't they? 

Linda

On 8/9/2011 5:59 PM, Neal Grose wrote: 



  "My son will be showing a 75% Jacob (25% Tunis) in a 4H  market lamb class in 
  September - if he makes weight of 90# - he was 68# at last check.  If not, 
  he really looks like a solid, but short little market lamb, except for the 
  spots.  He is actually polled, which helps, but some people still mistook 
  him for a goat at lamb tagging and since he got shorn, he looks like a 
  little Holstein calf." 


  I recently saw a small flock of Katadins that included 3 piebald ewes. The man did said they were in the flock when he purchased them, and that they raised off the best lambs of the bunch. Having seen the same characteristics in 1/2 Corriedale/ 1/2 Jacob ewes, I wonder exactly how recessive the piebald gene is. 

  Neal Grose 

  _______________________________________________ 
  Jacob-list mailing list, sponsored by Swallow Lane Farm & Fiberworks 
  Jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
  http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/jacob-list 





-- 
Patchwork Farm Jacob Sheep 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/jacob-list/attachments/20110810/79b78155/attachment.htm>