[Jacob-list] Black Jacobs!

[Linda]

For me, it is more the recorded pedigree than the flock book letter and 
the emphasis is on Recorded, as in there are records - not just names 
written on a pedigree. I know you have records and know these animals - 
not directed at you, Marie. Your sheep have full pedigrees.

Having the sheep in the background registered insures that the sheep did 
pass inspection and met the JSBA standard. Unregistered sheep may or may 
not meet the standard. This is more important to me if there are unknown 
sheep in the background than if I'm familiar with the lines.

Your dark lamb is great grandson of my ram, Dandy. Dandy's grandsire was 
dark - not quite that dark, but very dark. So your lamb's great, great, 
great grandsire was very dark. I think there might be more to it than a 
dark ancestor five generations ago.

Linda


On 8/8/2012 6:53 PM, spotted_sheep at bluefrog.com wrote:

> But of course ; ) Someone (like me?) just has to skip one generation 

> to mess up the flock letter, even if the animal has a long recorded 

> pedigree : ) Or you can have animals that have been recorded but not 

> registered for years, turning out premium lambs who will only be FF 

> sheep. And then you can have the D/F/E flock sheep throw a wild card 

> super dark lamb/messed up horns, etc. You can never guaranty what 

> you'll get with these guys, no matter what the flock letter is, but 

> that is half the fun of these guys : )

> Marie

>


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