[Jacob-list] Jacob sheep oddities

[ARTHUR PARTRIDGE]

I have been raising Jacobs for 11 years and noticed a few characteristics
in a few lambs.  Here they are, in no particular order. Has anyone noticed
pink noses turning black?  I have watched two lambs I sold to a friend. 
They started out with pink noses, a big no-no among Jacob sheep, then at
about 3 or 4 months they started to show a few spots of black on their
nose.  The spots grew over time, like a disease, until the nose is almost
all black.  Weird.  Can someone explain?

Oddity number 2.  I have a moorit (brown) spotted wether.  This has never
happened before in all the 11 years of raising Jacobs.  How common is
this??  Are they registerable?  He looks like a Jacob sheep, but the spots
are brown (not black with brown tips).   I am keeping him for his fiber,
60% brown and 40% white so the yarn will be a light brown.  I'm happy, but
this probably means there is something else in him besides Jacob, maybe
not?  I will watch, maybe those brown spots will turn black like the pink
noses turned black, but I doubt it will happen.  Anyone know of any moorit
Jacobs? 

Cathy
just wondering......
Moscow, Idaho