Regardez-les maintenant ! It’s actually quite surprising how much a lamb changes in the first 6 months. This is particularly true when looking at the development of coat color in the rusty midsides and the ouessant swiss lambs. For example, here are two photos of...
Variation de la couleur de la toison rusty midsides It must be said that the rusty midsides Ouessant sheep is exceptional from every point of view! First, the rusty midsides gene or allele is exclusive to Ouessant sheep. In other words, this gene or allele only...
Deux belles brebis noires décolorées Ever so beautiful, these two pretty little ewes. Qu’elles sont belles, ces deux jolies petites brebis. They’re only 42cm tall at 20 months. As for the fleeces … Elles ne mesurent que 42cm à 20 mois. Quant aux...
La Coloration de la Toison rusty midsides & ouessant swiss This article is the 1st in a series about fleece color – and to a lesser extent pattern – in ouessant swiss and rusty midsides sheep. Before we start, I want to to be very clear that I will be speaking...
Mouton blanc ?? After shearing, a white sheep has the most beautiful pure white fleece. That being said, what did I find in my flock yesterday ? A little white sheep that was really quite grey ! Après la tonte, un mouton blanc se montre dans une robe blanche...
Il assombrit tout … As we’ve already seen, the darkening modifier produces a very real visual difference in both black and white Ouessant sheep. But it doesn’t stop there ! The presence of the darkening modifier also impacts pattern display of the intermediate...
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Bonjour ! Je m’appelle Diane et j’habite en Basse Normandie.
Je suis une passionnée du filage et du tricot, et l’heureuse gardienne d’un petit troupeau de moutons d’Ouessant.
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