Re: [blackbelly] wooliness in sheep

2005-10-24 Thread Julian Hale
At 01:35 PM 10/24/2005, you wrote: >Hi Julien, > >I've seen photos of sheep that simply are not good sheep because they are >too wooly and it never sheds. There are a lot of crosses that do that. >You'll know them when you see them. Your ram Art is borderline. If I were >you, I'd wait another year

[blackbelly] wooliness in sheep

2005-10-24 Thread Carol J. Elkins
Hi Julien, The wooliness issue is interesting and each year my experience changes a little bit, adding to my overall general confusion about the issue. Originally, I understood that sheep in colder climates would naturally develop a thicker wool undercoat in the winter that would shed out. And