[Jacob-list] need advice on breeding groups

[Neal Grose]

Fleece character tends to be the average of the parents (given enough matings). Perhaps a better way of managing breeding would be to select for the type of ram you want with some consistancy. With Jacobs, it’s never a bad idea to shoot for the middle.

I second Carl’s comments on paying attention to confirmation and body type. Fleece in Jacob’s Sheep is supposed to be rather variable.

Neal Grose

From: Kimberly Sutton 
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 8:31 PM
To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
Subject: [Jacob-list] need advice on breeding groups

This will be our first year of breeding our sheep and we had a question about fleeces.  We have heard that the easiest thing to improve is fleece.  So does that mean that you could (or should) put a ram with a dense coarser fleece with ewe with really nice fine fleece and get a nicer fleece in the lambs?  Does the fleece always improve or does it go backwards sometimes?  


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