[Jacob-list] need advice on breeding groups

[Linda]

A ram with a dense coarse fleece would have to have something special to 
add before I'd want to use him on my ewes. Fleece quality is highly 
heritable. I tend to select my rams for fleece quality (with an emphasis 
on horn quality in their maternal lines).
Linda .
On 11/3/2012 8:08 PM, Lynette Frick wrote:

> It should be said that the easiest trait to "change" is fleece... it 

> could go either way. Ideally you would use a ram with the fleece you 

> want to improve a whole group of ewes, then use another ram with the 

> fleece you want on those offspring, etc.. instead of relying on the 

> ewes directly for the change. Also, careful culling is the only way to 

> make lasting changes in a group.

>

> good luck

>

> Lynette Frick

> Baraubar Merinos &

> Four Points Shearing Services

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>     This will be our first year of breeding our sheep and we had a

>     question

>     about fleeces.  We have heard that the easiest thing to improve is

>     fleece.

>     So does that mean that you could (or should) put a ram with a

>     dense coarser

>     fleece with ewe with really nice fine fleece and get a nicer

>     fleece in the

>     lambs?  Does the fleece always improve or does it go backwards

>     sometimes?

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