[Jacob-list] shetland/jacob x

[Debbie Bennett]

This last breeding season, I crossed a Black and white Jacob ewe to a 
moorit Icelandic ram: twin ram lambs, one black and one black with a 
white blaze and a couple of white stripes on britch and white spot on 
his leg. Their tails were about 3/4 as long as a Jacob tail. Both have 
horns, but they are growing more slowly and are weaker than normal Jacob 
horns. Their fleeces are fine and single coated.
Debbie Bennett

On Monday, September 2, 2002, at 10:39 AM, Grose wrote:

> On the other hand, if anybody has a moorit Shetland X lilac Jacob, by 
> all means let us know how it turns out! There is a good chance that the 
> offspring will be black.
>  
> Neal
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Betty Berlenbach
> To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 11:35 AM
> Subject: [Jacob-list] shetland/jacob x
>
> Come on, folks, jacobs (or most of them) carry black dominant, and it 
> is really dominant!  So, I would expect most if not all babies to be 
> black, with some white touches: blaze, a leg, whatever, frosting...And 
> especially with a moorit shetland ewe since moorit is very 
> recessive...in general, the rule of thumb is: white, grey and beige 
> colors, black, moorit, in descending order of dominance.  What would be 
> interesting is jacob ram on grey shetland or white shetland, to see 
> which is more dominant, the jacob black or the shetland white/grey.  I 
> suspect the jacob black will still win.  Problem, of course, is these 
> lambs can get out there, and sometimes, along the line, be sold as 
> purebred, and then...Oh, wait, the shetlands are a closed registry, so 
> no chance.  If they looked like jacobs, I sure wouldn't sell them, 
> since they could be registered on their own looks, and although would 
> probably be caught by the inspectors, who are very savvy about what a 
> crossbred looks like, ...it could get into the gene pool and produce 
> some jalands or shetcobs or something.
>
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