Re: [blackbelly] Re: breed identification

[Carol J. Elkins]

You can read the history (as we know it and as I presented at the 2004 
BBSAI Annual Meeting) of both the American Blackbelly and the Barbados 
Blackbelly at
http://www.blackbellysheep.org/articles/history.pdf

In short,

[The Barbados Blackbelly/Mouflon/Rambouillet] cross created a wide variety 
of color combinations, but the one popular with hunters was the "Corsican." 
The term "Corsican" adds a little class to a hunter shooting a barnyard 
sheep). A game rancher by the name of Thompson Temple created the first 
record book in 1976 and the Corsican was the first category of sheep in the 
book. After awhile, trophy hunters (who want to kill one of everything) had 
bagged their Corsican and soon the entries in the trophy book for Corsicans 
slacked off. In addition, there was virtually no market to sell the sheep 
that didn't fit into the Corsican coloration Mr. Temple was a marketing 
genius, however. He bestowed several of these other color combinations with 
exotic names such as "Hawaiian Black," "Texas Dall," and "Painted Desert." 
(from correspondence from J.D. Stringer, friend of Thompson Temple; 
http://www.taxidermy.net/forums/GameheadArticles/02/g/0272675F46.html)

Carol

On 8/31/2005 1:57:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> So what is a Black Hawaiian sheep and how does it fit in to the hair
> sheep family? I had assumed they were just solid black (mismarked)
> blackbellies, now I wonder. And where did the name come from, creative
> marketing? They
> don't seem to breed true, witness the Bronze Hawaiian
> offspring.
>
> Then there's
> Painted Desert sheep, which seem to be pinto horned hair
> sheep.... I understand the rams are quite expensive.

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