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Re: [Blackbelly] Shedding

Dayna Denmark
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:53:50 -0700

I think genetics play some part in the amount of hair shed. I have some whose 
coat is so dense the natural shed needs "help" with scissors to loosen it up. 
Others look like they have cotton sprouting from their sides and it brushes 
right out. Seems like the longer the hair in winter the more cotton shed in 
summer. I have one ewe whose hair is so long in winter she gets a mane like the 
boys. Shed brings on semi- bald patches down her neck and back so I put 
sunscreen on her until the hair fills in.


Dayna Denmark
Half Ass Acres



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