[Jacob-list] Black Jacobs!

[Linda]

It's not just a matter of color percentage. There is a difference 
between a sheep with 85% dark color that has an obvious spotting pattern 
and white/with markings legs and an 85% sheep with a big blanket, no 
spots or slashes, mostly dark legs, with the 15% white occurring 
primarily on the chest and belly. Although such a sheep does fall within 
the standard, the lack of spotting bothers me more than the percentage. 
As you say, just a personal thing.
Linda
On 8/9/2012 1:36 PM, Zach Oaster wrote:

> "Too dark" has been mentioned several times, but I think it is 

> important to point out that breeding for extreme lightness is also a 

> fault. Jacobs are a naturally black sheep with white spots, so a very 

> dark sheep isn't particularly unnatural... given that if you're 

> registering them you should cull outside the boundaries set forth by 

> JSBA, etc. Personally, I find the leaning-dark animals preferable to 

> the leaning-light (just a personal thing), but in my experience I've 

> had to cull otherwise perfect rams for being too light far more often 

> than for being too dark.

>

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