[Jacob-list] Jacob-list Digest, Vol 110, Issue 2

[Kate Barrett]

Tim:
 I have had the same situation here, and have had a couple white lambs born
over the past 15  years. All of the ewes and rams are purebred Jacobs, and
there is a very low inbreeding coefficient. I posted some photos of last
years white ewe lamb on the Jacob Face Book page. I kept her  and plan to
breed her this fall, just to see, as she is a very nice ewe with lovely
fleece. This year however I had 3 white lambs out of 36 total...so this is
getting a little ridiculous:) I guess I will change rams and hope for the
best.

>From what the Jacob Folks on Facebook said, a white lamb is like one big

spot. The Jacob person from England seemed to think it could be an
inbreeding situation, but my paper work suggests nothing of the sort. I
thought perhaps one of the ewes had switched moms right after birth as she
was the one who had the previous white lambs, and then 3 different ewes
produced white lambs this year. The white lambs have always been a twin to
a nicely marked jacob lamb.
I originally thought of the white lambs like a white buffalo, or a crop out
paint, but the regularity with which it is appearing is not something I
like. Oddly enough the mother ewes have always treated te white lambs like
they are extremely special:)  Pure white lambs are not register-able, and
any register-able offspring would have to start over as FF. However I am
interested to see how this beautiful white ewe produces.
Kate Barrett
Ruby Peak Farms
Lostine OR 97857



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> I wonder if anyone else out there has had this situation. I talked to Mark

> Williams about it, and he hadn't heard of it, so I thought I'd put it out

> to the list.

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> In the past 8 or 9 years, a few of my ewes have produced entirely white

> Jacobs lambs. Never more than one in a given year, and, until last year,

> most were born dead, or died within a couple days.

>

> Last year, one ewe produce another all white ewe lamb, alive and healthy.

> She grew well and was bred last fall, and recently delivered a fine,

> healthy, dark ram lamb. Both animals are unusually friendly, actively

> seeking contact whenever I'm in sight.

>

> Milky has blue (ish) eyes, not a black hair on her, no black even inside

> the mouth. Her parentage traces back, un broken through pure bred,

> registered Jacobs. No other sheep have been on the farm since several years

> before I started Jacobs.

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> Does this situation just qualify as one humongous, big white spot...or

> what??

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> Tim Koenig

> Applegarth Farm

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Kate
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