>> Bunnies grow their color at the tips or ends of the hair shaft. The rest of the hair shaft is white. Sheep color is on the whole hairshaft. << Ahh. But, the tip has to grow from somewhere, right? So it starts out growing black (or grey, or brown, or apricot), but the color changes, as the fur grows out. So now we have a bunny with black tips, that gets lighter in color, as the hair shaft gets closer to the skin. Seems that the longer the fur, the lighter the color. My black boys are black on the face, and their fur starts out black, shading down to grey, then white, at the root, on their bodies. Their faces are a true black, as well as their ears. But I suppose all of this just mean that it's a natural thing, as opposed to an overdose of copper affecting the hair shaft color. Now, if there was only a way to keep the black fur, black, as it grows out. :) >> Not all of them have shown tenderness or breaks. ....Test for strength before you buy. << I just discovered some people who didn't know about wool break. They looked at me like I was nuts, when I mentioned wool break affecting the strength of the yarn. And there's a breeder that claims all fleeces have wool break, that's it natural, that nothing can be done about it, and that it just happens. <scratching head> Can this be true? wrnk d2 To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
