It has been my experience that the White Gene in the St Croix is VERY dominant. They have been bred for it. I have done several crosses (all to purebred St Croix ewes) and though I have had color the white is more prevalent that anything else. I used a Blackbelly ram three years and only got two lambs with color (brown and white). The cross I did this year was my St Croix ewes to a 1/2 Kahtdin 1/2 B/W Dorper ram. I have had three almost all white lambs, one with minimal color, one with nice pinto type markings and one ram lamb 1/2 front half black with a white cap and B/W back half (he is stunning) I still have four ewes to lamb two St Croix and this year I also have two all black barbs ewes, it will be interesting to see what happens with them.
Nothing scientific but I hope this helped. Kathi www.hot4dogs.com WA State =============================================== This message is from the 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]/
