Black and white twin lambs are a shear delight

dowcat · June 25th, 2009, 10:48 AM

Black and white twin lambs are a shear delight

ONE'S black, one's white and they have amazed their owners.

Salt and Pepper are twins, born to a ewe, which is white and a ram, which is a sussex breed, sporting a black face, legs and bottom.

Jan Cowan, who has just begun building a flock on the family property in the Manning Valley on the NSW mid-north coast to make sheep cheese, said yesterday that the twins born a week-and-a-half ago were inseparable, The Daily Telegraph reports.

"We have them in a pen next to the house because of the foxes," Mrs Cowan said.

"They play together, they sleep together with one resting its head on the other.

"If one goes one way the other will follow. They take a teat each, side-by-side of each other when feeding."

Mrs Cowan said a local vet who helped deliver the twins had told her their being born with different colouring was a very rare event.

But the Cowans may not have a black sheep in the family for long.

Bob Murray, NSW branch president of the Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders Association of Australia, said nature could still intervene despite years of selective breeding to produce sheep with white wool.

"Put simply, the genes which ensure white wool are dominant over the genes which produce the darker wool," he said.

"But sometimes the dark gene sneaks in and takes over, and if you have a dark-woolled ram and a white-woolled ewe, there's a 50 per cent chance you'll get one of each.

"And in sussex sheep it's not uncommon to get lambs which are all dark when born.

"But when they are about six months old they will lose that darkness and look like other sussexes with the dark face, legs and backside and white body."

Source: Black and white twin lambs are a shear delight | The Courier-Mail

*DIVA! · June 25th, 2009, 10:52 AM

How cute...

McJag · June 25th, 2009, 10:54 AM

I would just like to snuggle both.

ManxMouse · June 25th, 2009, 11:09 AM

Can't believe people eat lambs....

Chilly Willy · June 25th, 2009, 11:11 AM

Phew, I thought this was just ANOTHER lamb recipe when I read the title. Lol.

Honey · June 25th, 2009, 08:39 PM

I love lambs, how beautiful

Brookie · June 25th, 2009, 08:55 PM

Not baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad....

June 25th, 2009, 10:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
dowcat Elite Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brasil Posts: 7,860	Black and white twin lambs are a shear delight Black and white twin lambs are a shear delight ONE'S black, one's white and they have amazed their owners. Salt and Pepper are twins, born to a ewe, which is white and a ram, which is a sussex breed, sporting a black face, legs and bottom. Jan Cowan, who has just begun building a flock on the family property in the Manning Valley on the NSW mid-north coast to make sheep cheese, said yesterday that the twins born a week-and-a-half ago were inseparable, The Daily Telegraph reports. "We have them in a pen next to the house because of the foxes," Mrs Cowan said. "They play together, they sleep together with one resting its head on the other. "If one goes one way the other will follow. They take a teat each, side-by-side of each other when feeding." Mrs Cowan said a local vet who helped deliver the twins had told her their being born with different colouring was a very rare event. But the Cowans may not have a black sheep in the family for long. Bob Murray, NSW branch president of the Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders Association of Australia, said nature could still intervene despite years of selective breeding to produce sheep with white wool. "Put simply, the genes which ensure white wool are dominant over the genes which produce the darker wool," he said. "But sometimes the dark gene sneaks in and takes over, and if you have a dark-woolled ram and a white-woolled ewe, there's a 50 per cent chance you'll get one of each. "And in sussex sheep it's not uncommon to get lambs which are all dark when born. "But when they are about six months old they will lose that darkness and look like other sussexes with the dark face, legs and backside and white body." Source: Black and white twin lambs are a shear delight \| The Courier-Mail __________________ “Someday, somewhere- anywhere, unfailingly, you’ll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.” Pablo Neruda

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ManxMouse Elite Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,417	Can't believe people eat lambs.... __________________ Santa is an elitist mother fucker -- giving expensive shit to rich kids and nothing to poor kids.

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Honey Elite Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: England Posts: 41,720	I love lambs, how beautiful

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