High Desert Cowboy- How far is it up north?

[thistlebloom]

Congratulations!

 

[Baymule]

Congratulations on the twins!

 

[Ridgetop]

Yay for Shun! He apparently got right down to business! Hopefully the others will lamb around now too. One ewe in season usually draws another into season the same time.

 

[High Desert Cowboy]

I didn’t have a lot of time to take pictures yesterday, I pretty much got home grabbed my gear and ran off to shoe a friends horses. But I did take a minute to handle the little black lamb and it’s a ram so we’re at 1-1. My boy asked what we’re going to call them so I call them Ebony and Ivory. My wife got a kick out of that and I had to show my boy a YouTube video so he got the joke

 

[Ridgetop]

Great start to the lambing season. One for the flock and one for the freezer!

 

[Mike CHS]

Congratulations. That is a great way to start the season.

 

[High Desert Cowboy]

A few days later they’re looking good. I thought Ivory was all white and the dark was just some mud but it turns out she’s got a big brown spot. And their coats are so different, Ivory has a curly wooly coat and Ebony has a slick hair coat. The black lambs last year were the same way, slick black hair coats. I wonder if the genetic trait for hair or wool from the parents is linked to the coat color?

 

[Bruce]

Sure seems so from your experience. Hopefully someone in the know will chime in.

 

[Mike CHS]

All of our black sheep have the same kind of hair as your black one and all others have hair like your white and brown.

 

[Baymule]

I have a black wether with a coat like that. I was so disappointed that he wasn't a she.