Mostly these are small relatively fine boned sheep and yes the do shed
fleece annually with a very distinctive rise .. Where the old growth
virtually stops and the fibre necks allowing it to break off as this
perforation rises on top of the new growth.
On moulting this is seen in hill flocks of Scottish Blackface and other
breeds ..
Robin,
This is really interesting to me. My sheep do appear to be moulting. They
are registered "mini cheviots", which actually means, in this country,
"Little Bitty (somewhat Inbred) Border Cheviots of Unknown Origin", formerly
registed, but perhaps inaccurately, as "Brecknock Hill Cheviots". They are
all naturally polled and come in many shades of natural colors in addition
to white-- kemp in the britch wool seems to be present only in a couple of
my NCs. When sheep moult, can you describe the pattern of wool loss and what
it looks like? I know this isn't due to illness, and it doesn't look like
rot. I had to discard some of the wool last year because a couple had some
spots on their toplines, which are broad and flat, making it easy for
moisture to accumulate. This is different -- I've never seen it before as
they'd all have been sheared by now if I hadn't lost my shearer to a
teaching job!
Margot Grim
Grim's Faerytale Farm
Woodinville, WA
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