[Jacob-list] Quilting

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I am also interested in this.. And what is the most common quilting?? Longer white or colored wool?? I notice that the only 2 sheep that i have quilted is a young LILAC lamb, and a OLD OLD (15+) LILAC ewe.? Neither are related at all.? The off spring and parents of these guys are not quilted, and in the lamb, the full sibling is not quilted (but Black, not lilac)? The quilting I see is of 2 diffrent levels.. in the OLD ewe, her drk wool is short....Where in the lamb, it seems like the wool is the same length, however, it is more dense and compact, and the tips are not wispy on the dark wool like on the white.


-----Original Message-----
From: Neal and Louise Grose <nlgrose at yadtel.net>
To: Susan J Martin <stcroft at ptd.net>; Sheep E-mail List <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 10:51 am
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Quilting



Various people get have lots of opinions about this. And I am not entirely sure why some find it scandalous. It seems to be highly environmental, appearing some years in certain sheep and not in others. In our flock, it shows up in stress years as shorter, finer colored wool. Others has assured me that THAT is all wrong and that it is the white wool that comes out shorter and finer. (and surely it is a sign of crossbreeding...)

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Oh, rubbish.?It is undesirable. Until I hear a good biological theory for why we?should cull for quilting, I am simply going to use it as one of?many criteria and not get too wound up about it.?

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Neal Grose


----- Original Message ----- 

From: Susan J Martin 

To: Sheep E-mail List 

Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:46 PM

Subject: [Jacob-list] Quilting




Just curious about quilting of the fleece of your sheep --- how do you view this?? Is it a problem worth culling for?? I have not seen a lot of it........but it can occasionally crop up and I was curious how other breeders handle this.

Sue Martin

Stonecroft

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