[Jacob-list] Ed and E+

[Linda]

Some good points.

Like you, I haven't found that fading is linked to lilac. Some sheep 
fade and some don't- both lilacs and blacks.Separate trait.

Do you consider the Culloden line "English imports"? There were a number 
of lilacs in the flock. One of the flock rams, Fieldwood Isaiah was lilac.

Linda


On 5/8/2013 12:35 PM, Carl Fosbrink wrote:

>       I do not study genetics. but I am interested in what produces 

> what in my Jacobs and I know from experience that lilac to lilac 

> produces all lilac lambs and lilac carrier to lilac carrier  produces 

> mostly b&w, but some lilacs. I have bred a separate lilac flock to see 

> what is produced and if the color fades when breeding lilac to lilac. 

> It seems the color does not fade by breeding lilac to lilac, but the 

> fading is in some individuals and not in others just like in the b&w 

> so one should cull the faders out. It is natural for the tips of the 

> wool to fade from the sun just like in the b&w and since the lilac is 

> lighter to start with that color will fade out to where it is hard to 

> see on the surface on some individuals. The lilac color is a lovely 

> color of wool and sought after by spinners. The lilac color is in the 

> line of Jacobs from the Isle of Skye, Chicago Zoo, imports for sure, 

> but I'm not sure about the early

> English imports and the later English imports and would be interested 

> in finding out more about lilacs in the English imports before they 

> were crossed with the Isle of

>


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