Here is Thor's fleece, taken last night...please excuse the lack of professional equipment to give you a truly focused shot of the fleece, I need Corinne's camera very badly. The black on the left is very crimpy even though it is a bit difficult to see it in this shot. the white fleece on the right is from one of Thor's spots, the tip is white, the center is gray and the stuff next to the skin is white again..........what gives? Has any one seen this before? As you can see, this guy has crimp up the wazoo, and I love the luster, but what is the deal with the on again, off again color chang-a-roo?
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Thor's fleece, the stuff on the right is from one of his spots. |
This is a fleece sample from Sparta a mioget ram that will be going to live with Kim Nikoli @ Kimberwood Shetlands |
And this is Sparta. He's broken those scurs off 2 times already. Solace x Bug F3 Holly Sure wish I could keep this guy........sigh. |
Toodles for now
I raise weirdo sheep, that's what the deal is LOL.
ReplyDeleteI Love Sparta's fleece! You've got some pretty nice lambies yourself!
Why don't you and Corinne ask about this on the sheep color genetics list? There are lots of experts there. Theresa
ReplyDeleteIs it possible there are a few cells of colored fleece area strangely interspersed within the white cells area? lol... my terminology is non-scientific...but do you know what I mean? causing some dark strands to grow within the white spot so as to speak? I agree... photos like these posted to the sheep-color-genetics list would be a great thing to do. I'd really enjoy hearing what the experts have to say!
ReplyDeleteI took your advice Stephen & Theresa!! And thanks Corinne......I've been lucky that I have so many folks around me that have working hard for a lot of years and I can access such nice sheep.
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