The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: OhLaLa on April 07, 2011, 05:10:28 pm
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Could anyone that breeds Suffolk sheep tell me - are Suffolk lambs ALWAYS born Black?
If they are - DOH! (see Avatar!)
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your avatar looks like a perfectly normal suffolk lamb
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The birth colour of suffolks can be variable if born dark they generally fade to look exactly like your lamb.
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Thanks for replies.
The lamb in the Avatar was born the colour as seen in the pic (i.e. white body - quite 'white' ears too). He has not faded colour. He is only a few days old in the pic.
I didn't think Suffolks were born that colour?
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the colouration on suffolk lambs is variable so not being born dark doesn't mean it isn't a suffolk neither does it mean it is unless its parents are.