Good news!! Copies of "Sam's Soay Sheep book" have been shipped and are headed to the United States! I expect to receive them by the end of next week. The...
Laura, Please send me a copy of the book, send it to: Bramble Ridge Farm P.O. Box 731 Toledo, OR 97391 Thanks so much, Barbara Ballas www.brambleridgesoay.com...
Dear Laura, I want to request 2 copies of the book. Tonya Davis 7320 State Route 530 Lower Salem, OH 45745 It would be lovely if they were in time for...
I will also take one book. Claudia Pettis 8222 Overlake Drive West Medina WA 98039 Just let me know how much and when the check should be sent. 425 455 8601...
Per Kathie's suggestion (and obviously I agree) I'll post some of our recent email conversations for others who may be interested. (some personal comments...
This email indicates we have found the Sherlock Holmes of the Soay sheep. Research is very excitng. There are still alot of unwritten stories here. I have...
Hi Claudia, As anyone who knows me knows, my understanding of genetics is embarrassingly limited, however, I do know that black in the Soay is always self...
I am curious, and I hear it all the time, how do you know if there is a self-color gene and what does self color mean. The nose structure in the Black Welsh in...
With Soay sheep self color means that the animal is all one color, it has no white (or other color) on it at all. Most are black, some are tan. Black will...
A black Welsh Mountain crossed with almost any sheep will give a black. The next generation will have a very dominate black in there. Black Welsh in my...
In the Soay self-colored parents often produce self-colored lambs whether they always do or not I am not sure, I will have to look into that. I have a photo of...
I run a true wild flock, and on my farm the teritoriality (is that a word?) you speak of is very limited. A non dominant ram is not run off. The dominant ram...
A ewe here had triplets. She was self black, bred to a mahogany ram carrying recessive black. Of the triplets 2 are self black and one is mahogany. Also had...
Kathie: I'm confused, - so if you saw jet black self colored animals on Hirta, why would you say that the NAS source of flack is Black Hawaiian or Black...
Hi Kate, My argument is obviously circumstantial and not genetically based, but this is what has led me to conclude what I have concluded. Inspite of David...
... wh... <excess text deleted here> From Gevan Marrs: I have been studying, and plan to write up my summary of, the literature on the genetics of coat colors...
That's a bit simplistic. There is such a thing as autosomal dominant (or recessive for that matter) with varrying degrees of penetrance. Meaning, an animal or...
I would very much be interested and this is just wild curiousity, to have blood taken from the Black Soay to have it tested. I love genetics and would love to...
It's great to have another contributor weighing in on the subject. I'm always curious to learn more about a subject. I read your statement as basically saying...
Your interest in the subject is certainly making me want to get my article on coat color genetics written! But for now, let me say that this is what I think is...
I forgot to add. The pages in the Mendelian Inheritance in Sheep (Australia) site (see Links) that discuss the wild and self alleles are pages 6 and 7. Gevan ...
Thanks for your thoughtful reply, Kathie. If you have time, go to the breed pages on this website for Hebridean (St. Kilda), Barbados, and Barbados Blackbelly....
I was told about the Painted Desert Sheep cyber sheep show!! Maybe some day (if launched in the right way) we would want to have some fun with this same idea...
Your analysis is the way it works but tests need to be done with the sheep that are black in the first place, as not the genetics, but the results are typical...
SALE. FIR AND LINDEN. My helping hand on the property just reported little Fir is out. I now have the second largest flock of AI offspring in the Black Welsh...
Hi Kate, What fun- some neat looking sheep. Did you notice who the judge is??? Take a look. :-) Show your sheep and never leave home-What a concept! Kath ... ...
Hi Claudia, I do appreciate you letting me know, getting them to people who share our interest in this flock is more important to me than anything. Thanks...
Hi, I was the one who started this conversation in the first place, but you've all left me in the dust! This is great. Most of this reconciles with what I...
Hi Jen, We do see quite a bit of tan wild pattern on the island and in fact there are some island flocks (home ranges on Hirta) that have more tan than dark ...
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