[Jacob-list] need advice on breeding groups

[Linda]

And horns. Don't forget horns.

Linda
On 11/3/2012 2:03 PM, Neal Grose wrote:

> 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 <mailto:redfarmhousegal at gmail.com>

> *Sent:* Friday, November 02, 2012 8:31 PM

> *To:* jacob-list at jacobsheep.com <mailto: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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