If memory serves me (and that is getting worse), It was the YO ranch at Mountain Home that did a lot of crossbreeding and came up with what they called a Corsican Sheep. Looked a lot like a BBB except for the size and the horns. I would bet that these genetics are in a lot of BBB. Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [blackbelly] livestock guardian dogs
> In a message dated 7/28/04 1:10:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << You know that there are people here in Texas that believe the barbado is a > creation of some Texan. Maybe the horns came form the crossing of the > purebred with a wool sheep. Maybe the blackbelly barbado not only got its horns > from Texas but also its wooly back (which we find a lot of here). I know we are > are always trying to "improve" some breed or another!!!! >> > > Well, from what I have read it was a Texan (or several) that 'improved' the > original BBS. They supposedly used Rambouillet and Mouflon sheep. > > LOL > > Diana > =============================================== > This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). > To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly > To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > =============================================== This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
