[Jacob-list] Black Jacobs!

[Peg Bostwick]

I don't get hung up on flock letters either, but I agree with Linda on the
records.   Even if I get pedigrees from breeders, my record keeping is not
necessarily as organized as JSBA's.  Sooner or later, lambs will move along
that are "missing" part of their pedigree, and it may be hard for new owners
to track it down.   I love to be able to get into the JSBA website and just
follow pedigrees all over the place, backward and forward..    

 

Peg Bostwick

 <mailto:peg at sweetgrass-jacobs.com> peg at sweetgrass-jacobs.com

517-626-6981

 

From: jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com
[mailto:jacob-list-bounces at jacobsheep.com] On Behalf Of Linda
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 7:16 PM
To: spotted_sheep at bluefrog.com
Cc: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com; Carl Fosbrink; oliveoyl_123 at hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Black Jacobs!

 

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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