Re: [blackbelly] Re: Difference between breeds

[Carol J. Elkins]

They have hair from birth. Some have baby hair that is "fuzzy" for lack of 
a better word, and their adult hair smoothes down. In the winter, they may 
develop a short wool undercoat that sheds out in the spring. If your sheep 
have wool at 3 months of age, I would suspect that they are a cross-breed.

Carol
At 12:00 PM 8/17/2004 -0600, you wrote:
The sheep I have are young. Around 3 months. They are wooly though. Do the 
blackbelly lambs usually have wool and get hair later, or are they haired 
from birth?
Carol Elkins
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