By Wendy Allison, Wairarapa In the last article in our series about genetics, readers were invited to submit any questions they might have about genetics. Lovato Sara, an Italian breeder of Brogna Sheep, an endangered breed native to Veneto emailed…
By Wendy Allison, Wairarapa. In the previous article we looked at why some colours are quite rare - because it’s unlikely for a lamb to receive full pairs of recessive alleles on all three loci. But there are a few…
By Wendy Allison, Wairarapa. In the last article, we looked at the Brown locus – the second of the three main determiners of colour in sheep, and the one that decides whether your sheep’s skin will be black or brown…
By Georgie Fairless My pet sheep is named Brownie as she is a moorit coloured Corriedale/Merino cross. She thinks differently to her three Romney sheep companions, does not like having her photo taken. Brownie is now five years old and…
The annual Black and Coloured Sheep Sale run by the BCSBA will be held on Saturday 5 February, followed by an open day for members of the public. The sale itself will be held at at the A&P showgrounds in…
The BCSBA's annual sheep sale will be held at the Waimate A&P Showgrounds on Saturday 5 February 2022. Members of the BCSBA may offer sheep for sale, with entries now open, closing on 19 January. More details are available on…
By Wendy Allison, Wairarapa In the last article we looked at how the alleles your sheep has on the Agouti locus affect how much white it will have on it, whether it’s all white, white markings on colour, or all…
By Wendy Allison, Wairarapa In a previous posting ‘Genetics – How do we get coloured sheep’, we looked at how the alleles that a lamb inherits from its parents, on the place on its DNA called Agouti, govern whether it…
By Wendy Allison, Wairarapa. People with small flocks of sheep often want to breed coloured (not white) lambs, but don’t know how to do it to get the result they want. This short series is an introduction to sheep colour…
Janette Buckingham, Southland My passion for natural coloured animals and fibre began with an interest in llama and alpaca fibres for handcrafting. My business, Thickthorne Llamas, began in 1989 when I bought my first three llamas at auction in Christchurch…