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[Linda]

Corriedales can carry the piebald gene, can't they?

Linda

On 8/9/2011 5:59 PM, Neal Grose wrote:

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> "My son will be showing a 75% Jacob (25% Tunis) in a 4H  market lamb 

> class in

> September - if he makes weight of 90# - he was 68# at last check.  If 

> not,

> he really looks like a solid, but short little market lamb, except for 

> the

> spots.  He is actually polled, which helps, but some people still mistook

> him for a goat at lamb tagging and since he got shorn, he looks like a

> little Holstein calf."

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> I recently saw a small flock of Katadins that included 3 piebald ewes. 

> The man did said they were in the flock when he purchased them, and 

> that they raised off the best lambs of the bunch. Having seen the same 

> characteristics in 1/2 Corriedale/ 1/2 Jacob ewes, I wonder exactly 

> how recessive the piebald gene is.

>

> Neal Grose

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